Qi (surname)

Qi is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including 祁 (Qí), 齊/齐 (Qí), 戚 (Qī), 乞 (Qí), 奇 (Qí) and 亓 (Qí).

Qí (祁) surname

Qi (祁, also commonly written as Chi, and Kei in Cantonese) is a Chinese surname. It originated from the descendants of Shaohao, descendant of Yao (ruler), Ji (姬) family of Jin (Chinese state), Khitan people of Liao Dynasty, Hui people of during the Han Dynasty, Dongxiang people.

Notable people

Qi Jingyi (祁靜一), Chinese Muslim Qadiriyyah Sufi master

Qi Hong (祁宏), football player

Qi Jianxin (祁建新), mathematics educator

Qí (齊/齐) surname

Qi (齊/齐, also commonly written as Chi, and Chai in Cantonese) is Chinese surname originated from the Qi (state) (齊/齐).

Notable people

Qi Baishi (齐白石; 齊白石), painter in the 20th century

Chyi Yu (齊豫), singer

Chyi Chin (齊秦), singer

Qī (戚) surname

Qi (戚, also written as Chik in Cantonese) is Chinese surname of Wei (state) (魏).

Notable people

Qi Jiguang (戚繼光), military general in Ming Dynasty

Qi Jingxuan (戚惊萱), Chinese International Master chess player

Qiū (surname)

Qiu is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family names 丘, 邱, 仇, 秋 and 裘. They may be transliterated in various forms, as:

丘, 邱, 秋 as Qiū, 仇 and 裘 as Qiú (Mandarin, in Pinyin)

Chiu or Khew (Hakka, in Wade-Giles)

Hiu or Kew (in Mandarin)

Yau (Cantonese, in Cantonese Pinyin)

Khoo or Khoe (in Hokkien)

丘 and 邱 also appear in Korea, where they may be transliterated as:

구 (Korean in Hangul)

Gu, Ku, Koo (Korean in Revised Romanization).

丘/邱 ranks 151st in the Hundred Family Surnames, and is very common in Luoyang, Henan or Wuxing, Zhejiang. 秋 is common with Taiwanese aboriginals, but is otherwise rare, ranking 237th. 邱 is a very rare surname in South Korea, with census records noting a distribution of less than 2000 with the name.

History

Qiu (丘) is a common surname in China. It is also one of the most influential surnames in Taiwan, as well as the Sichuan and Fujian provinces in the South China region.

The surname has several historical origins:

In 1046 BC, King Wu of the Zhou dynasty overthrew the Shang dynasty with the help of his adviser, Jiang Ziya. Jiang's clan later settled in the Fufeng County of Shaanxi, where they took the name of the then-capital, Qiu, as their surname. Their descendants bore this surname until the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (1677-1735) in the Qing dynasty, when some adopted the written form 邱 to distinguish it from the name of Confucius (孔丘). However, the change was mostly adopted by Hokkiens while the Hakkas generally refused. Many Hakkas who refused the change were then prosecuted by the Qing government. It was only after the fall of the Qing dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, that some members of the Qiu (邱) family reverted to their ancient surname Qiu (丘)

Qiú

Qiú is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the 仇(Qiú) and 裘(Qiú).

仇(Qiú)

There are three sources for the ancestry of 仇:

A Xia vassal by the name of Jiuwu (九吾) established the state of Jiu (九), but it was destroyed by King Zhou of Shang in the Shang Dynasty. To escape prosecution, the descendents of Jiuwu appended the 人 ("person") radical to 九 (Jiu), thus creating the surname 仇.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Min of Song (宋湣公) was murdered by his subordinate Nangong Wan (南宮萬). The minister Zi Qiumu (子仇牧) sought revenge but was also killed by Nangong Wan. Zi Qiumu's descendants then took the first character of his name, Qiu 仇, to be their surname.

In Northern Wei, a Hou Luoqi (侯洛齊) of Zhongshan was adopted by the Qiu clan, and thus changed his surname from Hou to Qiu. He rose in ranks due to his military endeavours, and the Qiu clan became prosperous at the time.

Qiu Ying (仇英), Chinese painter

Qiu Zhaobie (仇兆鳌) - Ming-Qing Scholar

Qiu Qiongying (仇瓊英)

Qiu He (仇和)

裘(Qiú)

Qiu Xigui (裘锡圭), Chinese historian, palaeographer

Qi (surname)

Qí (祁) surname

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Qí (齊/齐) surname

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Qī (戚) surname

Notable people

Qiū (surname)

History

Qiú

仇(Qiú)

裘(Qiú)

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