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Kuan Yau name meaning

光耀light; to shine, glory
冠耀hat, crown, to excel; to shine, glory

Letters: 7
Syllables: 2
First letter: K
Romanization: Teochew, Hokkien
Character options: 2
Category: Chinese Names
Gender: ♂ Boy

Chinese characters光耀冠耀

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Kuan Yau

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Kuan Yau is a Chinese boy's name from Teochew or Hokkien pronunciation; one character option is 光耀, meaning 'light; glory'.

Chinese characters for Kuan Yau

This spelling is common in Teochew and Hokkien romanization.

光耀

light; to shine, glory

Teochew guang1 iao6 / Mandarin guāng yào

attested
冠耀

hat, crown, to excel; to shine, glory

Hokkien koan iāu / Teochew guang1 iao6 / Mandarin guān yào

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 Kuan Yau

Kuan Yau is a two-syllable Chinese given name whose spelling is close to Teochew and Hokkien pronunciation. Yau matches 耀 'to shine, glory' (Hokkien iāu, Teochew iao6). Kuan can be 光 'light' (Teochew guang1) or 冠 'crown, to excel' (Hokkien koan). The characters 光耀 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, but the actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender	♂ Boy
Romanization	Teochew, Hokkien
Parts	Kuan + Yau
First letter	Chinese Names starting with K

Character pages

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

Sources

Wiktionary: 光 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 耀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: 冠 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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