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Surname Phua

潘

Phua is a Chinese surname written 潘, read phoaⁿ in Hokkien.

Characters for the surname Phua

The spelling Phua is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 潘

    surname; water used to rinse rice

    Hokkien phoaⁿ / Mandarin pān

    attested

潘 all spellings of pān

Possible characters for Phua

Phua 潘 pān · Hokkien
In our records the spelling Phua stands for 潘.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
潘pān · Hokkien

Other spellings of the same character

  • Poon 潘Cantonese
  • Pua 潘Hokkien, Teochew
  • Phan 潘Hakka

About the surname Phua

Phua is a Chinese surname spelling from the Hokkien reading (phoaⁿ) of 潘, the reading used for the surname. The character 潘 is recorded for this name in Malaysia. In Cantonese the same character is read pun1 and spelled Poon. Chinese surname spellings vary by dialect, so one character can have several spellings.

Sources

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

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