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Chinese surname · rank 394

竺

竺 is read as zhú.

Pinyin

zhú

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 竺

Basic meaning

India; bamboo

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Warring States tradition, 475-221 BCE

Place: Tianzhu / ancient India arrival-to-Han tradition; Dongguan / Ju county Shandong Zhu Yan lineage account; Guzhu state tradition in northern Hebei; Gaochang and Turfan document layer; Zhejiang later distribution context

Origin note

Zhu/竺 is a layered surname whose origin cannot be read only from the character meaning of bamboo or Tianzhu. One source-backed layer says people connected with ancient Tianzhu came to Han China and used Zhu from the country name, with Han-period Zhu Ci cited in surname references. Another layer says the surname was once written Zhu/竹 and later written 竺, tied in surname books to Dongguan Zhu Yan and older Guzhu memories. The page presents those as separate traditions, with the later Gaochang / Turfan document layer showing the surname in use beyond a single origin story.

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