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Xuan (surname)

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Pronunciation
  
Xuān (Mandarin)

Language(s)
  
Old Chinese

Language(s)
  
Chinese

Variant(s)
  
Hsüan, Hsuan

Xuan (surname)

Xuan ([ɕɥɛ́n]) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 宣 in Chinese character. It is romanized Hsüan in Wade–Giles. Xuan is the 178th surname in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames.

Notable people

  • Xuan Zeng (宣缯); fl. early 13th century), high minister of the Southern Song dynasty
  • Xuan Xiafu (宣侠父; 1899–1938), Communist agent assassinated by the KMT
  • Xuan Jinglin (宣景琳; 1907–1992), actress
  • Hsuan Ming-chih (宣明智; born 1952), former general manager of UMC
  • Jessica Hsuan or Xuan Xuan (born 1970), Hong Kong actress
  • Xuan Zan, fictional character in the classical novel Water Margin

    • References

    Xuan (surname) Wikipedia
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