Féng
Feng surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Féng (Pinyin) Pâng, Hōng (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Word/name | Chang'an, Shaanxi, China |
| Derivation | Duke Gao of Bi (畢公高) |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Feng (Mandarin) Fung, Foong (Hong Kong) Fong (Macao) Pang, Phang (Hokkien, Teochew) Phùng (Vietnam) 풍 (Korea) |
| See also | Ji, Ma |
Féng (simplified Chinese: 冯; traditional Chinese: 馮) is a Chinese surname. It is 9th in the Song Dynasty Hundred Family Surname poem and is reported as the 31st most common Chinese last name in 2006. Unlike the less common Feng surname 鳳 ("phoenix" fourth tone) it is a rising second tone féng in modern Mandarin Chinese.
The character itself, is made up of the character for "Horse" with an ice radical consisting of two strokes to the left that is meant to suggest speed or galloping.