Chinese surname · rank 90
邵
邵 is read as shào.
Pinyin
shào
Script forms
Simplified and traditional 邵
Basic meaning
old place name
Five element
Metal
Origin
Time: Western Zhou Shao fief tradition connected with Shao Gong; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE
Place: Shao fief traditions, commonly associated with today's Shaanxi/Henan region
Origin note
A major Shao surname tradition traces the surname to Shao Gong and the Shao fief in the Western Zhou world. Descendants used Shao as a surname.
Historical figures
邵雍
1011-1077 CE · Northern Song philosopher
A Song thinker associated with numerology and Neo-Confucian learning.
邵宝
1460-1527 CE · Ming scholar-official
A Ming scholar and official.