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Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

. In Chinese, ''Fāng'' () means "square" or "four-sided". ''Fāng'' () is pronounced '' Fong'' in

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, ''Hong'' or ''Png'' or ''Pwee'' in some

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dialects and ''Png'' or ''Pung'' in Teochew. It is the 56th name on the ''

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. . Some more uncommon surnames with romanizations that are also conventionally simplified to "Fang" in English are ''Fáng'' (), meaning "room", and ''Fāng'' (), meaning "fragrant".

Etymology

During Emperor

Huang Di Huangdi () may refer to: *Yellow Emperor (黃帝), a legendary Chinese monarch who supposedly ruled before the Xia dynasty *Emperor of China (皇帝), the imperial title of Chinese monarchs; and the superlative monarchical title in the Sinosphere ...

's reign, a descendant called Yu Lei was awarded the land of Fang (north west of Nanyu) for his contributions in defeating a foreign tribe. He was thus known as Fang Lei, and his descendants were given the family name Fang. Ji Yuan is considered as another forefather of the Fangs. Ji was a general of Zhou Xuan Wang, and was known for his contributions in conquering the north and the south. Since his nickname was Fang Shu, the king awarded him the family name of Fang.Origin of the surname Fang, Fong
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People with the surname

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* Forrest Fang (born 1959), American composer of Chinese descent * Frank F. Fang, (born 1930), Chinese-American physicist

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* Fang (alchemist) (fl. 1st century B.C.), Chinese woman alchemist * Fang Bao, mid-

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Fang Bin Fang Bin () is a Chinese businessman, citizen journalist and whistleblower who used YouTube and WeChat to broadcast images of Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was arrested several times between February 1 and 9, 2020. Personal life Fa ...

, Chinese journalist and

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* Fang Binxing, Chinese computer scientist and politician *

Fang Chengguo Fang Chengguo (; 14 December 1943 – 27 January 2009)
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, Chinese businessperson *

Fang Chieh-min Fang Chieh-min (; born 31 January 1986) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He paired with Lee Sheng-mu in men's doubles. The pair won 3 BWF Super Series titles including 2010 Singapore Super Series, 2010 Indonesia Super Series and 2012 Malaysia S ...

, Taiwanese badminton player *

Fang Chih Fang Chih or Fang Zhi (; 23 November 1895 – 28 March 1989), courtesy name: Xikong (希孔), was a politician, provincial governor, diplomat, author and a high-ranking Kuomintang official of the Republic of China. Family history and early l ...

, Chinese diplomat *

Fang Congyi Fang Congyi (; 1302–1393), courtesy name Wuyu (), sobriquets Fanghu (), Bumang Daoren (), Jinmen Yuke () and Guigu Shanren (), was a famed Chinese painter during the Yuan dynasty. Fang was a native of Guixi, Jiangxi Province. In his youth he ...

, Chinese painter *

Fang Dan Fang Dan (, born March 20, 1985, in Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts ...

, Chinese figure skater *

Fang Fang Fang Fang (), pen name of Wang Fang (; born 11 May 1955), is a Chinese writer, known for her literary depictions of the working poor. She won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2010. Born in Nanjing, she attended Wuhan University in 1978 to study Chin ...

, Chinese writer *

Fang Guancheng Fang Guancheng () (1696 or 1698–1768), also known as Yi Tian (宜田), was a Chinese Noble and government official of the Qing Dynasty, notable for being the Viceroy of Zhili. Early life and family origins Fang Guancheng was born in Tongcheng ...

, Qing dynasty noble and government official *

Fang Hui Fang Hui (), also called Wanli (), Tuanfu (), Xugu (), and Yangshanren (), was a scholar of the late Song and early Yuan dynasties from Huizhou's She () county (in present-day Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked provi ...

, Song Dynasty scholar *

Fang Jing Fang Jing (; June 1971 – 18 November 2015) was an anchorwoman of China Central Television (CCTV). She hosted several programs including the prime-time military program Defense Watch.China.org.cnCCTV anchor suspected of spying for TaiwanRetriev ...

, Chinese television journalist and anchor *

Fang Jing De A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a modified maxillary tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a specialized tooth that is associated with a venom gland (see snake venom). Spiders also have external fan ...

(), Chinese American editor *

Fang La Fang La (; died 1121) was a Chinese rebel leader who led an uprising against the Song dynasty. In the classical novel ''Water Margin'', he is fictionalised as one of the primary antagonists and nemeses of the 108 Stars of Destiny. He is sometime ...

(), Song Dynasty revolutionary leader *

Fang Lijun Fang Lijun (; born 1963) is a Chinese artist based in Beijing. He was born into a wealthy family with a high social status. In the 1990s, there was a cultural movementLü, Peng. "21-New Art and Artists." A History of Art in 20th-Century China. Mil ...

(), Chinese artist * Fang Liufang, Chinese lawyer *

Fang Lizhi Fang Lizhi (also Li-Zhi; February 12, 1936 – April 6, 2012) was a Chinese astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement ...

() (1936–2012), Chinese astrophysicist and political activist * Fang Man (composer), American composer of Chinese descent * Fang Quan (d. 1897), Qing Empire Mandarin *

Fang Shengdong Fang Shengdong (; 1886–1911) was a late Qing dynasty revolutionary, He was killed during the Second Guangzhou Uprising The Second Guangzhou (Canton) Uprising, known in Chinese as the Yellow Flower Mound Uprising or the Guangzhou Xinhai Upri ...

, Chinese revolutionary * Fang Shu (born 1957), Chinese film actress * Fang Shuo () (born 1990), Chinese basketball player *

Fang Weiyi Fang Weiyi (1585-1668, 方維儀), was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian. Biography Fang Weiyi was the daughter of the landowner and aristocrat courtier Fang Dahzen (d. 1629). Her sister Fang Mengshi, and her female ...

(1585–1668), Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian *

Fang Xianjue Fang Xianjue () was a Republic of China general who fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was born in a small Jiangsu (now in Suzhou, Anhui) village gentry family in 1903. After studying with the village tutor, he went to Xuzhou Provincial H ...

, Chinese general * Fāng Xìaorú () (1357–1402), Ming dynasty Confucian scholar * Fang Xingdong, Chinese Internet entrepreneur and free-speech activist *

Fang Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao (born 18 January 1989 in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's ...

, Chinese swimmer *

Fang Yingchao Fang, Yingchao (; born 3 August 1982 in Shanghai) is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2005 National League. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ...

, Chinese volleyball player *

Fang Yuting Fang Yuting (; born 21 December 1989) is a Chinese archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for her country in the women's team event, winning a silver medal. China beat Italy by one point in the first round, then the US, followed b ...

, Chinese archer *

Fang Zhaoling Fang Zhaoling (, 17 January 1914 – 20 February 2006), also known as Lydia Fong, was a Chinese painter and calligrapher. Biography Born to a prominent industrialist and scholarly family in the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Fang Zhaoling was ...

, Chinese painter and calligrapher *

Fang Zhenwu Fang Zhenwu (; 1885 – December 1941), or Fang Cheng-wu, was a general of the Republic of China and anti-Japanese leader. He ran afoul of the Kuomintang leadership and was assassinated in 1941. Biography Early life Fang was born in 1885 in Shou ...

, Chinese military officer *

Fang Zhimin Fang Zhimin (, Wade–Giles: Fang Chih Min; August 21, 1899 – August 6, 1935) was a Chinese communist military and political leader. Life Born in a poor peasant household in Yixian, Jiangxi Province, Fang joined the Chinese Communist Party in ...

(), Chinese military and political leader *

Achilles Fang Achilles Chih-t'ung Fang (; August 20, 1910November 22, 1995) was a Chinese scholar, translator, and educator, best known for his contributions to Chinese literature and comparative literature. Fang was born in Japanese-occupied Korea, but atten ...

, American sinologist and comparatist of Chinese descent *

Florence Fang Florence Fang (; born 1933/1934) is a Chinese-American businesswoman, publisher, and philanthropist active in the San Francisco area. She is the former owner of the '' San Francisco Examiner'' and other media titles and has been a fund-raiser for t ...

(born 1933/1934), American businesswoman, publisher and philanthropist *

Harry Fang Sir Harry Fang Sin-yang, GBM, CBE, JP (, 2 August 1923 – 24 August 2009) was a Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, legislator and campaigner who promoted rehabilitation services. He was widely known as the "father of rehabilitation" in Asia. A we ...

(), Hongkongnese orthopedic surgeon and politician *

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, Chinese actor in Singapore *

Khalil Fong Khalil Fong ( Chinese: 方大同; born 14 July 1983) is a Hong Kong-based American singer-songwriter and producer. The biographical film La Bamba, about the life and career of Ritchie Valens, greatly influenced Fong's decision to become a ...

(), Hongkongnese singer and songwriter *

Ivan Png Dr. Ivan Png Paak Liang () is a Singaporean economist and academic. He is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Business and Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. Png was previously a faculty member at the UCLA ...

, Singaporean economist and professor *

Pierre Png Pierre Png Tiang Huat (; born 29 October 1973), is a Singaporean actor. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's dramas which include '' The Gentlemen'' and ''When Duty Calls''. Early in his ca ...

(), Singaporean actor and comedian *

Png Eng Huat Png Eng Huat (; born 9 December 1961) is a Singaporean politician and businessman and a member of the opposition Worker's Party (Singapore), Worker's Party (WP). Png became an elected opposition MP of Hougang SMC in the 12th and 13th Parliamen ...

(), Singaporean politician and businessman * Thomé H. Fang, Taiwanese philosopher *

Vincent Fang (entrepreneur) Vincent Fang Kang, GBS, JP (born 7 May 1943 in Shanghai) is the leader of the Liberal Party of Hong Kong. He is a Hong Kong entrepreneur in the garment industry and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the ...

, Hongkongnese businessperson and politician *

Vincent Fang (lyricist) Vincent Fang (; born 26 January 1969) is a Taiwanese lyricist, best known for his collaboration with singer-songwriter Jay Chou. Fang has been nominated for multiple Golden Melody Awards, and won ''Best Lyricist'' at the 19th Golden Melody Awa ...

(), Taiwanese lyricist * Wai-Chi Fang, Taiwanese engineer * Wen-Pei Fang, Chinese botanist

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Fang Guan Fang Guan (房琯) (697 – September 15, 763), courtesy name Cilü (次律), formally the Duke of Qinghe (清河公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Suzo ...

, Tang Dynasty official * Fang Rong, Zhou Dynasty official *

Fang Xuanling Fang Qiao (; 579 – 18 August 648), courtesy name Xuanling, better known as Fang Xuanling, posthumously known as Duke Wenzhao of Liang, was a Chinese statesman and writer who served as a chancellor under Emperor Taizong in the early Tang dynas ...

() (579–648), Tang Dynasty official *

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

(), Hongkongnese actor; family renamed "Chan" following the World War II * Serena Fang, Taiwanese actress and model

References

External links

"Fang" family history
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