GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 81

黎

黎 is read as lí.

Pinyin

lí

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 黎

Basic meaning

black; many people; old state name

Five element

Fire

Origin

Time: Shang-Zhou Li state tradition; Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE

Place: Li state, commonly associated with today's Changzhi area, Shanxi Province

Origin note

A major Li surname tradition traces the surname to the ancient state of Li. The place is commonly associated with the Changzhi region in Shanxi. Descendants and state people used Li as a surname.

Historical figures

黎元洪 (Li Yuanhong)

1864-1928 CE · Republican political figure

A major early Republican political figure.

黎庶昌 (Li Shuchang)

1837-1897 CE · Qing diplomat and writer

A late Qing diplomat and prose writer.

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