Chinese surname · rank 130
骆
骆 is read as lào.
Pinyin
lào
Script forms
Simplified 骆 · Traditional 駱
Basic meaning
white horse; camel
Five element
Fire
Origin
Time: Ancient Luo place and animal-name traditions; Ancient surname tradition, before 221 BCE; exact calendar year not pinned by the attached sources
Place: Multiple Luo place traditions in northern and western China
Origin note
Luo surname traditions include place-name and animal-name layers. The character's camel/white-horse imagery is useful for the visual card but not the only origin.
Historical figures
骆宾王
c. 619-687 CE · Tang poet
One of the Four Paragons of the Early Tang.
骆秉章
1793-1867 CE · Qing official
A late Qing statesman and military administrator.