Hua (surname)

Hua is a common transliteration for some Chinese surnames, of which the most common ones are 華/华 (pinyin: Huà)^[1] and 花 (pinyin: Huā). The Cantonese romanizations for 華 and 花 are Wah and Fa, respectively. 華, when pronounced in the fourth tone in Mandarin, is exclusively used in the name of Mount Hua and as a surname. The usual pronunciation of 華 is huá, which literally means "prosper" and is used as a reference to the Chinese people. On the other hand, 花 literally means "flower".

Huà (华 / 華)

It is listed 28th on the Song dynasty-era Hundred Family Surnames.

• Hua Gang (华岗; 華崗), Chinese educator.
• Hua Guofeng (华国锋; 華國鋒), Chinese politician, born as Su Zhu.
• Hua Jianmin (华建敏; 華建敏), Chinese politician.
• Hua Luogeng (华罗庚; 華羅庚), Chinese mathematician.
• Hua Sui (华燧; 華燧; 1439–1513), Chinese scholar and printer.
• Hua Tuo (华佗; 華佗; 140–208), Chinese physician.
• Hua Xin (华歆; 華歆; 157–231), former official of Sun Quan and Minister of Cao Wei
• Hua Xiong (华雄; 華雄; died 191), general under Warlord Dong Zhuo.
• Hua Yanjun (华彦钧; 華彥鈞; 1893–1950), Chinese musician, also known as "Abing".
• Hua Chenyu (华晨宇; 華晨宇), Chinese singer and songwriter.

Huā (花)

It is the 55th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.^[2]

• Hua Mulan (花木兰; 花木蘭), ancient Chinese legendary woman warrior.
  • According to History of Ming, her family name is Zhu (朱), while the History of Qing says it is Wei (魏).
• Hua Rong (花荣; 花榮), fictional character in Water Margin.
• Hua Qianfang (花千芳), writer, social commentator.

References

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Hua.
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This page was last edited on 23 June 2023, at 23:20