GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 72

秦

秦 is read as qín.

Pinyin

qín

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 秦

Basic meaning

Qin state or dynasty

Five element

Fire

Origin

Time: Western Zhou to Warring States Qin-state tradition; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Qin state, centered in today's Shaanxi/Gansu region

Origin note

A major Qin surname tradition traces the surname to the state of Qin. Qin rose from the western Zhou frontier and eventually unified the warring states. Descendants and state people used Qin as a surname.

Historical figures

秦琼 (Qin Qiong)

died 638 CE · Tang general

A famous early Tang general later honored in door-god tradition.

秦观 (Qin Guan)

1049-1100 CE · Northern Song poet

A major Song ci poet and member of Su Shi's circle.

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