Chinese surname · rank 330
习
习 is read as xí.
xí
Simplified 习 · Traditional 習
practice; flapping wings
Earth
Time: Fengsu Tong ancient Xi-state tradition, Zuozhuan Du Yu Shaoxi/Wuguan place-name tradition, Han Xi Xiang attestation, later Xifu Gong refuge-change clan tradition, and modern 23mofang ethnicity/distribution sample; Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE
Place: Shaoxi near Wuguan, often placed around present-day Danfeng/Shangluo in Shaanxi and east of old Zhe or Xi county; Chen/Huaiyang context for Han Xi Xiang; Hunan and Zhejiang family records in 23mofang sample; Hunan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other modern distribution summaries
Origin note
Xi is read xi as a surname. The page keeps this surname separate from the modern political visibility of the character and presents it as an older rare surname. Traditional sources give two closely related layers. One is state-name: Fengsu Tong is cited for Xi as an ancient state name, with later summaries placing it around the Shaoxi/Wuguan area near present-day Danfeng-Shangluo, Shaanxi, though some sources vary between Jiang, Ji or other line labels. The second is place-name: Zuozhuan Du Yu commentary is cited for Shaoxi as a place near Wuguan, and people living there used Xi as a surname. Later local traditions add a Xifu Gong refuge-change branch, but that is best treated as a clan tradition rather than the surname's general origin. 23mofang's modern sample shows Xi users as mostly Han with smaller Mongol, Naxi and Tujia shares, so the entry presents Xi as a rare surname with ancient state/place-name traditions and later changed-surname and regional branches.
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