Feng

Also known as 馮, 冯, Féng, Fong, Fung, Ferng, Fùhng, Phùng

Féng () is a Chinese surname. It is 9th in the Song dynasty Hundred Family Surname poem and is reported as the 31st most common Chinese last name in 2006. Unlike the less common Feng surname 鳳 ("phoenix" fourth tone) it is a rising second tone féng in modern Mandarin Chinese.

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Surname.name: Féng
Surname.image: 馮姓 - 楷體.svg
Surname.caption: Feng surname in regular script
Surname.pronunciation: Féng (Pinyin)Pâng, Hōng (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Surname.language: Chinese, Vietnamese
Surname.languageorigin: Old Chinese
Surname.origin: Chang'an, Shaanxi, China
Surname.derivation: Duke Gao of Bi (畢公高)
Surname.variant: Feng (Mandarin)Fung, Foong (Hong Kong)Fong (Macao)Pang, Phang (Hokkien, Teochew)Phùng (Vietnam)풍 (Korea)
Surname.seealso: Ji, Ma

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Instance of: family name
Image: 馮姓 - 楷體.svg

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transliteration or transcription: Фун
described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng
topic's main category: Category:Féng (surname)
writing system: Chinese characters
native label: 冯
different from: Feng
Commons category: Féng (surname)
language of work or name: Chinese
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Historical roots
Variations
Notable people with the name Feng
Notable people with the name Fung
Notable people with the name Pang
Notable people with the name Pung
References

The character itself, is made up of the character for "Horse" with an ice radical consisting of two strokes to the left that is meant to suggest speed or galloping.

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