Kang (Chinese surname)
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Kang (康, pinyin: Kāng) is a Chinese surname. It is considered one of the "Nine Sogdian Surnames," and in this context it is derived from the city of Samarkand.[1] It is the 88th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[2]
Notable people
- Kang Senghui (died 280), Buddhist monk of Sogdian origin
- Kang Youwei (1858–1927), reformist political figure from the late Qing dynasty
- Kang Tongbi (1887–1969), social activist from the early Republic of China period, Kang Youwei's daughter
- Kang Sheng (1898–1975), high-ranking official in the People's Republic of China
- Kang Keqing (1911–1992), politician, wife of Zhu De
- Kang Laiyi (1936–2019), epidemiologist
- Kang Hui (born 1972), news anchor
- Kang Ching-jung (康晋榮), or commonly known as Kang Kang (康康), is a Taiwanese entertainer and singer
See also
- Kang (disambiguation)
- Kang (Korean surname), written 姜
- Jiang (surname)
- Jiāng (surname 江) sometimes Romanized "Kang"
- Jiāng (surname 姜) sometimes Romanized "Kang"
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- ^ https://sogdians.si.edu/sidebars/the-nine-sogdian-surnames/
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.