Chinese surname

Surname Choong

鍾

Choong is a Chinese surname, the Hakka spelling of 鍾 (Zhong), also written 钟 or 锺.

Characters for the surname Choong

The spelling Choong is common in Hakka romanization.

钟

bell; clock; wine vessel; surname

Hakka chûng / Mandarin zhōng

attested
鍾

wine vessel; to concentrate one's affection; surname

Hakka chûng / Mandarin zhōng

attested
锺

surname (simplified form of 鍾 used in names)

Hakka chûng / Mandarin zhōng

attested

鍾 all spellings of zhōng

Possible characters for Choong

In our records the spelling Choong stands for 鍾.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
鍾	zhōng · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

Chong 鍾Hakka, Cantonese
Cheng 鍾Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
Chung 鍾Cantonese, Hakka
Zhong 鍾Mandarin (pinyin)

About the surname Choong

Choong spells the surname 鍾 (Mandarin Zhong) from the Hakka reading chûng; in Cantonese the character is spelled Chung. Three written forms are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling: 鍾 (traditional), and 钟 and 锺 (simplified). All three are the same surname.

Sources

Wiktionary: 钟 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 鍾 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 锺 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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