Pronunciation | Tong-hong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Chinese language |
Word/name | Fu Xi clan Dongfang Shuo |
Meaning | the east |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Dongfang (Mandarin) |
See also | Zhang (surname) |
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Traditional Chinese | 東方 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东方 | ||||||||||||||||
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Dongfang is a compound surname in China and also later spread into East Asia. Dongfang has two points of origin. One branch is said to be descended from the Fuxi clan, which originated in the east; the other is said to be descended from Dongfang Shuo, whose original family name was Zhang.[1]
Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.