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Chinese name character

Chinese name character 青

qīng

The character 青 (Mandarin qīng) appears in 1 name and 2 syllables in this reference and is spelled Ching and Qing in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “blue-green; young”.

Names and syllables
3
Malaysian spellings
2
Strokes
8
Attested in records
2

3 names and syllables in this reference have 青 as one of their character options. For 2 of them, 青 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 青: the recorded options

  • blue-green; young

    in 3 character options · attested

Unihan definition: blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 青

青 Ching Cantonese Qing Mandarin
青 yields 2 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
ChingCantoneseattested in name records
QingMandarinpossible

Readings of 青 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
CantoneseJyutping cing1 Ching
MandarinHanyu Pinyin qīng Qing

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin qīng and Cantonese cing1.

1 names that can be written with 青

2 syllables that can stand for 青

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 青 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 青 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+9752 · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 青 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 青, including “blue-green; young”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 青 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 青 is spelled Ching (Cantonese) and Qing (Mandarin). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Ching written 青?

Not necessarily. The spelling Ching can also stand for 清, 正, 晴, 靜. Only the family knows which character was chosen.