Chinese surname · rank 428
韶
韶 is read as sháo.
sháo
Simplified and traditional 韶
music of the emperor Shun; beautiful
Earth
Time: Youyu / Shun music-official tradition before 2070 BCE; later Shaozhou place-name layer recorded separately
Place: Taiyuan commandery tradition; Shaozhou place-name layer is kept as a separate tradition.
Origin note
Shao/韶 should not be reduced to the ordinary meaning beautiful or music. The checked surname sources present two separate origin layers: one from officials or musicians connected with Shao music in the Shun tradition, and another from a Shaozhou place-name tradition. The page keeps those layers separate and treats the classic Baijiaxing placement as a list placement, not as a modern population rank.
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