Chinese surname · rank 451

蒯

蒯 is read as kuǎi.

Pinyin

kuǎi

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 蒯

Basic meaning

a rush

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Shang tradition, c. 1600-1046 BCE

Place: Ancient Kuaiguo / Kuai locality around Luoyang in several accounts; Jin Kuai fief context; Xiangyang commandery later prestige note.

Origin note

Kuai/蒯 is a multi-layer surname. One source layer makes it a state-name surname from ancient Kuaiguo. A second layer links it to Spring and Autumn Jin official Kuaide, whose descendants used his Kuai fief as surname. A third layer connects some branches with Wei prince Kuaikui as an ancestor-name layer. These are presented separately, not collapsed into one legend.

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Sources checked

Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Kuai - Shang Kuaiguo, Jin Kuaide fief, Wei Kuaikui, and multi-source origin layers
Zupulu surname reference: Kuai - Kuaiguo, Kuaide fief, Kuaikui ancestor-name, and Xiangyang commandery accounts
23mofang: Kuai surname - place-name / historical lineage context and Kuai clan distribution notes
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 巢關蒯相查后荊紅
Han Dian: Kuai - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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Origin note

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