Chinese surname

章

The Chinese surname 章 (Mandarin zhāng, Cantonese zoeng1) is spelled Chong, Chang, Cheong, Zhang in Malaysia, depending on the dialect romanization.

Mandarin (pinyin)	zhāng
Cantonese (Jyutping)	zoeng1
Definition (Unihan)	composition; chapter, section

Spelling tree of 章

章 is spelled 4 ways in our records. Each label is the romanization a spelling follows, not the bearer’s dialect.

Spelling	Romanization
Chong	Hakka
Chang
Cheong	Cantonese
Zhang	Mandarin

All surname characters and spellings

Spellings of 章 in Malaysia

ChongSpelling common in Hakka, Cantonese romanizationAlso stands for 張, 鍾, 莊
ChangSpelling common in Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese romanizationAlso stands for 鄭, 張, 曾
CheongSpelling common in Cantonese romanizationAlso stands for 張, 蔣
ZhangSpelling common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanizationAlso stands for 張

Character readings and definition: Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how the name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.