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Zha (surname)

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Pronunciation
  
Zhā (Mandarin)

Language(s)
  
Old Chinese

Language(s)
  
Chinese

Variant(s)
  
Cha

Zha (surname)

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

    • References

    Zha (surname) Wikipedia
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