 Zhuge in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Zhūgě/Chu1-ko3 (Pinyin) Chu-kat (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese or Korean |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese language |
| Meaning | "Many kudzu plants" |
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| Derivative(s) | Zhu (諸), Ge (葛) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 諸葛 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 诸葛 | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 제갈 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 諸葛 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 諸葛 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | しょかつ もろくず | ||||||||
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Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family Surnames in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of Zhuge Liang. It originated from a branch of the Ge family, who added a character to their name.[1]
According to the statistics,[clarification needed] in 2018 there are around 16,000 Chinese people who have the last name Zhuge.[citation needed]
- ^ 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames