Yang (surname)
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This article is about the Chinese surname written 楊/杨. For the Korean surname, see Yang (Korean surname). For the Chinese surname written 陽/阳, see Yang (surname 陽). For the Chinese surname written 羊, see Yang (surname 羊).
Yang ([jǎŋ]; simplified Chinese: 杨; traditional Chinese: 楊; pinyin: Yáng) is the transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the Hundred Family Surnames text.
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Pronunciation | Yáng (Pinyin) joeng4(Jyutping) Iûⁿ, Iông (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Meaning | Aspen; willow |
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Variant form(s) | Yang (Mandarin) Yeung (Cantonese) Yeong, Young, Ieong (Cantonese) Yong, Jong (Hakka) Yu, Yeo, Yeoh, Yo, Yiu; Njoo, Jo, Nyoo, Ngeo (Hokkien) Yeo, Yeoh (Teochew) Yang (Korean) Dương (Vietnamese) Yang, Yaung, Kaung (Burmese) Yaj (Hmong) |
Derivative(s) | Dương, Yana, Saeyang, Yongki, Yoso, Yohan, Muljoto |
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The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty c. 8th to 5th centuries BCE) who was enfeoffed in the state of Yang.[1][2]