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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Fong

  • 芳fragrant; good reputation
  • 方side; direction; method
  • 房house; room
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
F
Romanization
Cantonese, Hakka
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters芳方房
2

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Fong in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Fong is a Chinese name syllable in Cantonese / Hakka romanization; its meaning depends on the character, for example 芳 (fragrant; good reputation).

Possible characters for Fong

This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

  • 芳

    fragrant; good reputation

    Cantonese fong1 / Hakka fông / Mandarin fāng

    attested

  • 方

    side; direction; method

    Cantonese fong1 / Hakka fông / Mandarin fāng

  • 房

    house; room

    Cantonese fong4 / Hakka fòng / Mandarin fáng

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Fong

Fong is a Chinese name syllable spelling found in Cantonese / Hakka romanization. It matches Cantonese fong and Hakka fông. The same spelling can stand for several characters, among them 芳, 方 and 房. The character 芳 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationCantonese, Hakka

Fong in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
1960s
Share (girl)
8%
JPN entries
1
  • Girl 1960s · 8%

Entries containing this syllable: Siew Fong 1960s ♀ 795 · Siew Fong 1970s ♀ 804

Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Fong

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 芳 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 方 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 房 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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