GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 411

养

养 is read as yǎng.

Pinyin

yǎng

Script forms

Simplified 养 · Traditional 養

Basic meaning

raise, rear, bring up; support

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Yang locality around southeast Shenqiu, Henan in Chu tradition; Wu royal-lineage context; Chu Yang Youji lineage; later Shanyang commandery note and modern Hebei distribution context

Origin note

Yang/养 is not derived here from the everyday verb to raise. One source-backed layer says Wu royal descendants were settled at Yang locality after fleeing to Chu, and later used the place name as a surname. A second layer links the surname with Yang Youji, the famous Chu archer, and with Yangyou as a related surname form. The page keeps the locality and personal-lineage layers separate.

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