Hao is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese characters. It is listed 77th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 82nd most common surname in China, shared by 2.7 million people.[2]

Hao (郝)
PronunciationHǎo (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Meaninga place in modern-day Shanxi province
Other names
Variant form(s)Hau

Origins:[3]

  1. the name of a fief (located in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) granted to Zi Qi, a person during the reign of king Di Yi during the Shang dynasty
  2. traced back to the Wuhuan people[when?]
  3. traced back to a minority ethnic group in ancient southern China.

Notable people

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  • Hao Meng (died 196), Eastern Han officer under Lü Bu
  • Hao Zhao (fl. 228), Cao Wei general
  • Hao Chujun (607–681), Tang dynasty chancellor
  • Hao Weizhen (1842–1920), tai chi master
  • Hao Peng (1881–?), Republic of China politician
  • Hao Mengling (1892–1937), Republic of China general
  • Hao Pengju (1903–1947), Republic of China general
  • Fan Ming, born Hao Keyong (1914–2010), general and leader in Tibet
  • Andrew Hao or Hao Jinli (1916–2011), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiwanzi
  • Hau Pei-tsun or Hao Bocun (1919–2020), retired general and former Premier of the Republic of China
  • Hao Jianxiu (born 1935), PRC politician, member of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Hao Jiming (born 1946), environmental engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
  • Hau Lung-pin or Hao Longbin (born 1952), Mayor of Taipei, son of Hau Pei-tsun
  • Hao Ping (born 1959), PRC Vice Minister of Education
  • Hao Peng (born 1960), PRC politician, Governor of Qinghai province
  • Hao Haitao (born 1968), football player and coach
  • Hao Haidong (born 1970), football player
  • Hao Qun (born 1974), writer with pen name of Murong Xuecun
  • Hao Wei (born 1976), football player
  • Hao Lei (born 1978), actress
  • Hao Shuai (born 1983), table tennis player
  • Hao Junmin (born 1987), football player
  • Hao Xingchen, football player
  • Hao Yonghe (born 1989), football player
  • Hao Yun (born 1995), swimmer, Olympic medalist
  • Hao Siwen, a character in the classical novel Water Margin
  • Leo Hao, Russian artist
  • Lin Hao, Chinese architect

References

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  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. ^ "中国最新300大姓排名(2008)" [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  3. ^ Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

See also

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