Bai Jia Xing compound surname #59
南宫
南宫 is read as Nángōng. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Nángōng
Script forms
Simplified 南宫 · Traditional 南宮
Meaning
southern palace; ancient Ji-line compound surname
Five element
Fire
Origin
Time: Early Zhou tradition, c. 1046-771 BCE
Place: Ji-line Zhou founding tradition
Origin
南宫 is described as an ancient Ji-surname compound. Surname traditions name Nangong Shi or Nangong Kuo, a descendant of Houji and a figure in Zhou founding memory, as the ancestral anchor.
Name meaning
The name has a courtly and ceremonial feel because 宫 means palace or hall. It belongs to early Zhou historical-literary memory.
Historical figures
南宫适 Nangong Kuo
Nangong Kuo appears in Zhou founding and classical traditions.