Chinese name syllable
Syllable Kok
- 国nation; country
- 國nation; country
- 谷valley; gorge
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- K
- Romanization
- Hokkien, Teochew
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters国國谷
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Kok in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Kok is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese romanization; its meaning depends on the character the family chose, such as 國 or 谷.
Possible characters for Kok
This spelling is common in Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese romanization.
- 国
nation; country
Hokkien kok / Teochew gog4 / Cantonese gwok3 / Mandarin guó
attested
- 國
nation; country
Hokkien kok / Teochew gog4 / Cantonese gwok3 / Mandarin guó
attested
- 谷
valley; gorge
Hokkien kok / Teochew gog4 / Cantonese guk1 / Mandarin gǔ
attested
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 Kok
Kok spells the syllable kok in Hokkien and Teochew, and is also used for Cantonese gwok. Characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling are 国 or 國 (nation) and 谷 (valley). Kok often opens a two-syllable name such as Kok Leong. The meaning depends on the character the family chose.
| Romanization | Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese |
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Kok in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1960s
- Share (boy)
- 34%
- JPN entries
- 5
- Boy 1960s · 34%
Entries containing this syllable: Kok Leong 1960s ♂ 956 · Kok Keong 1960s ♂ 802 · Kok Wah 1960s ♂ 721 · Kok Seng 1960s ♂ 549 · Kok Leong 1970s ♂ 1,368 · Kok Keong 1970s ♂ 1,016 · Kok Wai 1970s ♂ 742 · Kok Leong 1980s ♂ 749 · Kok Wai 1980s ♂ 654 · Kok Keong 1980s ♂ 579
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 Kok
Sources
- Wiktionary: 國 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 国 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 國 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 谷 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 谷 · mdbg.net · meaning
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