GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 132

章

章 is read as zhāng.

Pinyin

zhāng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 章

Basic meaning

chapter; pattern; rule

Five element

Fire

Origin

Time: Zhou-period Zhang/章 place and branch-name traditions; Zhou-period tradition, 1046-256 BCE

Place: Central-plains and Jiangnan branch traditions

Origin note

Zhang surname traditions include branch-name and place-name explanations. The character's meaning of pattern, rule or chapter is useful for name interpretation.

Historical figures

章太炎 (Zhang Taiyan)

1869-1936 CE · scholar and revolutionary

A major modern philologist and political thinker.

章学诚 (Zhang Xuecheng)

1738-1801 CE · Qing historian

A Qing historian and theorist of historiography.

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