Chinese name syllable
Syllable Kong
- 光light; ray
- 广broad; wide
- 康healthy; peaceful and happy
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- K
- Romanization
- Hokkien, Hakka
- Character options
- 4
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters光广康剛
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Kong in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Kong is a syllable in Malaysian Chinese names; its meaning depends on the characters chosen, for example 光、广、康.
Possible characters for Kong
This spelling is common in Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese romanization.
- 光
light; ray
Hokkien kong / Hakka kông / Mandarin guāng
attested
- 广
broad; wide
Hokkien kóng (廣) / Hakka kóng / Mandarin guǎng
attested
- 康
healthy; peaceful and happy
Hokkien khong / Hakka không / Mandarin kāng
attested
- 剛
firm; strong
Hokkien kong / Hakka kông / Cantonese gong1 / Mandarin gāng
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 Kong
Kong is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling is typical of Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese romanization; it matches the Hokkien and Hakka readings of 光, 广 and 康, while in Cantonese it renders gong1, as in 剛. Characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling include 光、广、康. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose, so these are options rather than one true meaning.
| Romanization | Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese |
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Kong in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables
- Peak era
- 1960s
- Share (boy)
- 10%
- JPN entries
- 1
- Boy 1960s · 10%
Entries containing this syllable: Chee Kong 1960s ♂ 884 · Chee Kong 1970s ♂ 819
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 Kong
Sources
- Wiktionary: 光 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 光 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 廣 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 广 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 康 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 康 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 剛 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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