Pu (Chinese surname)

Last updated July 11, 2022

Pu is the Pinyin transcription of a number of distinct Chinese surnames, including:

Chinese : 蒲 ; pinyin :Pú; Cantonese Yale :Pòuh; Pe̍h-ōe-jī :Phô, meaning "reed" or "rush". According to the Lushi , this character was adopted as a surname during the Xia Dynasty by the Youhu clan (有扈氏) due to the rushes which grew in their family gardens.^[1] It is the 269th character in the Hundred Family Surnames .
Chinese : 浦 ; pinyin :Pǔ; Cantonese Yale :Pòuh. This is a toponymic surname, from the Pu River (浦江) in Shandong. According to the Xingshi Kaolue (姓氏考略), descendants of Jiang Ziya who lived on the banks of the Pu River changed their surname from Jiang to Pu.^[1] It is the 318th character in the Hundred Family Surnames.
Chinese : 濮 ; pinyin :Pú; Cantonese Yale :Buhk. This is also a toponymic surname, from the Pu River (濮水) in Henan; it was also used to write the name of a vassal state of the State of Qi. People with this surname spread out from there to Puyang and Hua Counties in Henan.^[2] It is the 309th character in the Hundred Family Surnames.
Chinese : 朴 ; pinyin :Pǔ; Cantonese Yale :Pok; meaning Celtis sinensis (a kind of tree). This is used to write the Korean surname Park. It is pronounced "Piáo" in China.^[3]
Chinese : 普 ; pinyin :Pǔ; Cantonese Yale :Pok

These surnames may also be transcribed as Poo. People with these surnames include:

Notable people

蒲

Pu Songling (蒲松齡; 1640–1715), Qing Dynasty Chinese writer
Pu Hua (蒲華; 1834–1911), Qing Dynasty Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher
Pao Ming Pu (蒲保明; 1910–1988), Chinese mathematician, pioneer of systolic geometry
Pu Tiansheng (蒲添生; 1912–1996), Taiwanese sculptor
Mu-chou Poo (蒲慕州; born 1952), Taiwanese Egyptologist
Pu Tze-chun (蒲澤春, born 1956), Republic of China Navy admiral
Pu Zhongjie (蒲忠杰; born 1963), Chinese businessman
Ai-jen Poo (蒲艾真; born 1974), American labour activist
Pu Jun Jin (蒲俊錦; born 1984), Chinese racing driver

浦

Pu Wei (浦瑋; born 1980), Chinese football (soccer) player
Pu Qiongying (浦瓊英; 1916–2009), birth name of Zhuo Lin, last wife of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping
Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强; born 1965), Chinese civil rights lawyer

樸

Pu Shu (樸樹; born 1973), Chinese singer

濮

Pu Shunqing (濮舜卿, 1902–?), Chinese screenwriter and playwright
Pu Cunxin (濮存昕; born 1953), Chinese stage actor

普

Pu Chaozhu (普朝柱; 1929-2002), Communist Party of China politician from Yunnan
Pu Yixian (普译娴, born 1992), Chinese road cyclist

Unknown

Chermaine Poo (born 1978), Malaysian actress
Pu Yiqi (born 1981), Chinese former swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
Pu Qifeng (born 1986), Chinese sport shooter
Cliff Pu (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
Sam Poo (1838–1865), Chinese bushranger in New South Wales, Australia

Notes

1 2 Chao 2000 , p. 151
↑ Chao 2000 , p. 150
↑ Eom, Ik-sang (2015). Wang, William S.-Y.; Sun, Chaofen (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-19-026684-4 . Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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References

Chao, Sheau-yueh J. (2000). Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 9780806349466.

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[Chao151-1] 1 2 Chao 2000 , p. 151

[2] Chao 2000 , p. 150

[3] Eom, Ik-sang (2015). Wang, William S.-Y.; Sun, Chaofen (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-19-026684-4 . Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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