Chinese surname · rank 130

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 (Luo Binwang)

c. 619-687 CE · Tang poet

One of the Four Paragons of the Early Tang.

骆秉章 (Luo Bingzhang)

1793-1867 CE · Qing official

A late Qing statesman and military administrator.

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