Zha (surname)

Updated on Jan 03, 2025

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Pronunciation Zhā (Mandarin) Language(s) Old Chinese		Language(s) Chinese Variant(s) Cha

Zha is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 查 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Cha in Wade–Giles. Zha is listed 397th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 176th most common surname in China, shared by 680,000 people.

Notable people

Zha Jizuo (1601–1676), Ming and Qing dynasty scholar

Zha Shibiao (1615–1698), Ming and Qing dynasty landscape painter

Zha Sheng (查昇; 1650–1707), Qing dynasty calligrapher

Zha Shenxing (查慎行; 1650–1727), Qing dynasty poet

Zha Sili (查嗣瑮; 1652–1733), Qing dynasty scholar, brother of Zha Shenxing

Zha Siting (查嗣庭; died 1727), Qing dynasty scholar-official, victim of the literary Inquisition, brother of Zha Shenxing

Zha Weiren (查为仁; 1695–1749), Qing dynasty poet

Zha Kui (查揆; 1770–1834), Qing dynasty poet

Zha Fuxi (1895–1976), guqin player and scholar, aviator

Zha Qian (查谦; 1896–1975), physicist, first president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Cha Liang-chao (1897–1982), Republic of China educator

Cha Liang-chien (查良鑑; 1904–1994), Republic of China Minister of Justice, brother of Cha Liang-chao

Cha Chi Ming (1914–2007), entrepreneur and philanthropist

Mu Dan or Zha Liangzheng (1918–1977), poet

Louis Cha or Zha Liangyong (born 1924), pen name Jin Yong, influential wuxia novelist

Zha Quanxing (查全性; born 1925), chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, son of Zha Qian

Cha Mou Sing (查懋聲; born 1943), chairman of HKR International, son of Cha Chi Ming

Zha Peixin (查培新; born 1946), Chinese ambassador to Canada and the United Kingdom

Laura Cha (born 1949), Hong Kong businesswoman and politician, wife of Cha Mou Zing

Cha Mou Zing (查懋成; born 1950), vice-chairman of HKR International, son of Cha Chi Ming

Zha Jianguo (查建国; born 1953), dissident, cofounder of the Democracy Party of China

Cha Chuen Yee (查傳誼; born 1956), Hong Kong film director and producer

Zha Jianying (born 1959), Chinese-American journalist and writer

Hai Zi or Zha Haisheng (1964–1989), poet

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