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Chinese surname · rank 182

冼

冼 is read as xiǎn.

Pinyin

xiǎn

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 冼

Basic meaning

a surname

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Three Kingdoms Gaoliang tradition; Liang-Chen-Sui Lady Xian record layer; Three Kingdoms layer, 220-280 CE

Place: Gaoliang in western Guangdong, with later concentration across Guangdong and Guangxi

Origin note

is a Lingnan surname whose origin note should stay close to regional history. A source-backed account says may derive from the older written form , and connects / families with Gaoliang native chiefs in the south, especially the Li/Lingnan groups of the Guangdong-Guangxi region. The famous Lady Xian tradition makes this regional layer visible: historical biographies describe her as a woman of the Gaoliang clan and a leader among the Lingnan peoples. Because the evidence points to a regional and ethnic surname tradition, the page does not invent a northern state or single founder for .

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