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Surname Chun

陳 · 秦 · 晉

Chun is a Chinese surname, a Cantonese spelling of 陳, 秦 or 晉.

Characters for the surname Chun

The spelling Chun is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 陳

    to display; old; surname

    Cantonese can4 / Mandarin chén

    attested

  • 秦

    state and dynasty of Qin; surname

    Cantonese ceon4 / Mandarin qín

  • 晉

    to advance; to promote; state of Jin; surname

    Cantonese zeon3 / Mandarin jìn

陳 all spellings of chén秦 all spellings of qín晉 all spellings of jìn

Possible characters for Chun

Chun 陳 chén · Cantonese 秦 qín · Cantonese 晉 jìn · Cantonese
The spelling Chun can stand for 3 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
陳chén · Cantonese
秦qín · Cantonese
晉jìn · Cantonese

Other spellings of the same character

  • Tan 陳Hokkien, Teochew, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chan 陳Cantonese, Hokkien
  • Chen 陳Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chin 陳Hakka, Cantonese
  • Ding 陳Foochow, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Tang 陳Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Ting 陳Foochow, Cantonese

About the surname Chun

Chun is a Cantonese spelling of several surnames. For 陳 (Mandarin Chen, Cantonese can4) it is less common than Chan, Tan (Hokkien) or Chin (Hakka). Chun also matches the Cantonese readings ceon4 of 秦 (Mandarin Qin) and zeon3 of 晉 (Mandarin Jin). The character 陳 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the character the family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 陳 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 陳 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 秦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 秦 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 晉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 晉 · mdbg.net · meaning

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