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Surname Koo

古 · 邱 · 顧 · 辜

Koo is a Chinese surname that can stand for 古, 邱, 顧 or 辜 in Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew or Cantonese, depending on the family's characters.

Characters for the surname Koo

The spelling Koo is common in Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew romanization.

  • 古

    old, ancient; surname

    Hakka kú / Hokkien kó͘ / Cantonese gu2 / Mandarin gǔ

    attested

  • 邱

    hill, mound (old form of 丘); surname

    Hokkien khu / Teochew ku1 / Mandarin qiū

    attested

  • 顧

    to look back; to look after; surname

    Cantonese gu3 / Hokkien kò͘ / Hakka ku / Mandarin gù

  • 辜

    crime, sin; surname

    Hokkien ko͘ / Hakka kû / Mandarin gū

古 all spellings of gǔ邱 all spellings of qiū顧 all spellings of gù辜 all spellings of gū

Possible characters for Koo

Koo 古 gǔ · Hokkien · Cantonese 邱 qiū · Hokkien · Teochew 顧 gù · Hokkien · Cantonese 辜 gū · Hokkien · Hakka
The spelling Koo can stand for 4 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
古gǔ · Hokkien · Cantonese
邱qiū · Hokkien · Teochew
顧gù · Hokkien · Cantonese
辜gū · Hokkien · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

About the surname Koo

Koo is a surname spelling that can stand for several characters read ku or ko͘. For 古 (Mandarin Gu) it matches the Hakka reading kú, Hokkien kó͘ and Cantonese gu2. For 邱 (Mandarin Qiu) it comes from Hokkien khu and Teochew ku1; this character is also often spelled Khoo. The characters 顧 (Cantonese gu3) and 辜 (Hokkien ko͘) are spelled Koo as well. 古 and 邱 are recorded in public data for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 古 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 古 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 邱 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 邱 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 顧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 顧 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 辜 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 辜 · mdbg.net · meaning
  9. Wiktionary: Koo (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization

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