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Surname Kwek

郭

Kwek is a Chinese surname written 郭, a Hokkien or Teochew spelling of the name spelled Guo in Mandarin.

Characters for the surname Kwek

The spelling Kwek is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 郭

    outer city wall; surname

    Hokkien keh / koeh / Teochew guêh4 / Mandarin guō

    attested

郭 all spellings of guō

Possible characters for Kwek

Kwek 郭 guō · Hokkien · Teochew
In our records the spelling Kwek stands for 郭.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
郭guō · Hokkien · Teochew

Other spellings of the same character

  • Kok 郭Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien
  • Koay 郭Hokkien
  • Kuo 郭
  • Kuok 郭Cantonese, Foochow

About the surname Kwek

Kwek is a spelling of the surname 郭 from the Hokkien (keh or koeh) and Teochew (guêh4) pronunciations; in Mandarin it is Guo. Other spellings of the same character include Kuek, Kwok and Kuok. The character 郭 originally meant the outer wall of a city.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 郭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 郭 · mdbg.net · meaning

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