Chinese name syllable
Syllable Puan
- 藩fence; boundary
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- P
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters藩
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Puan in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Puan is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien; one character is 藩, meaning 'fence; boundary', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.
Possible characters for Puan
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 藩
fence; boundary
Hokkien phoan / Mandarin fān
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 Puan
Puan is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names, spelled after the Hokkien pronunciation. The spelling Puan matches the Hokkien reading phoan of 藩. The matching character is 藩, meaning 'fence; boundary'. The character 藩 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Hokkien |
|---|
Chinese names with the syllable Puan
Sources
- Wiktionary: 藩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Names are shared across communities. The categories on this site are for browsing only: they describe a name and its spelling, not anyone’s ethnicity, religion or background.
Entry ID: mn02528 · Updated · How we research names · Report a mistake