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Chinese surname · rank 366

漆

漆 is read as qī.

Pinyin

qī

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 漆

Basic meaning

varnish, lacquer, paint

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Souman/Changdi old territory around northern Licheng, Shandong; Lu-state Qi fief near northeast Zouxian/Zoucheng, Shandong; Qidiao clan traditions tied to Lu/Cai and Confucius-disciple records

Origin note

漆 as a surname should not be reduced to lacquer or paint. One source-backed tradition links the surname to Fangfeng/Wangmang, later called Changdi or Souman, with an old territory remembered around northern Licheng in Shandong. A second layer is a Lu-state place/fief surname: a Spring and Autumn Lu official is said to have held a fief at Qi, near modern Zouxian/Zoucheng, and descendants used the place name. A third important layer comes from the compound surname Qidiao, associated in later texts with Confucius disciples such as Qidiao Kai; some descendants simplified Qidiao to the single surname Qi. Other surname articles preserve a Jiang-lineage, Qi River, or Qiyuan place tradition. This page presents these as parallel surname traditions and keeps the everyday lacquer/paint meaning separate.

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