Su is the

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of the

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written in

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. It was listed 42nd among the

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''. In 2019 it was the 46th most common surname in mainland China.

Romanizations

The

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form of the name is identical to the pinyin, but it is also sometimes irregularly romanized as Soo. and are also romanized So and Sou in

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; Soh and Souw in

Southern Min Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ( ...

dialects; Soh in Teochew; and Thu in

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. This Chinese name is also the source of the

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: ); the

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, which is

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So; the

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, which is also

So; and the Filipino/Tagalog surname So. Also, the Filipino family name "Solon" is a

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version of So. The Solon clan coming from Cebu are famous for their ancestors who were government officials. The Solons were originally from Canton.

Distribution

Su was the 41st-most-common Chinese surname in the

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during the 1982 census and the 45th-most-common in the 2007 report on household registrations released by the

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. It has been listed as the 23rd-most-common Chinese surname in

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. Su is a somewhat common surname in the

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, listed 5,897th during the 1990 census and 3,835th during the year 2000 one.

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. Op. cit.

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Accessed 6 Apr 2012. The other romanizations are less popular: So (8527 & 5167), Soo (17545 & 22160), Sou (77891 & 30226), Thu (49039 & 64912), and Soh (unlisted & 40074); Souw had fewer than one hundred resident bearers in the United States during both censuses and was unlisted both times.

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does not release surname lists from its censuses, but Su and So were both listed among the 200-most-common peculiarly

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surnames in a 2010 survey of the

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of all current and former

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recipients in the province of

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Character decomposition

The character was formed by the addition of the grass radical () to the character ( s , ''sū'', "revive"), itself a combination of the characters for "fish" ( t , s , ''yú'') and "grain" (, ''hé'').

Origins

The original pronunciation of 穌 has been reconstructed as ''*s.ŋˤa'' in

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, but this had already developed into ''su'' by the time of

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.Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. '' '', p. 126. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011. The addition of the grass radical suggests its original meaning was its use describing varieties of the mint

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, but its general meaning today is as an abbreviation for

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

and replacement for a related word meaning "revive". As with many Chinese surnames, however, there are a variety of separate legends and origins told about the current bearers of the name. One origin derives from Fan, purported to be the eldest grandson of the six great-great-great-great-grandsons of the

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and said to have lived in Kunwu (), the northeast region of

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. During the

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, King

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gave Yousu (}, modern

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(^?) in

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) to the rulers of Kunwu as a fief and they established it as the State of Su. This perished in the late

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whose fall was traditionally blamed upon the beautiful concubine

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,but its rulers and people took the state's name as their clan name and moved elsewhere. Another derives from Su Chasheng who was

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under King Wu of the

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and revived the former region of Su as his fief, with a new capital city at

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(modern Wen County in

). He is also considered to be the ancestor of the

family. Prior to the

Qin dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first Dynasties in Chinese history, dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin (state), ...

, the Su clan mainly resided in Henan and

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, but, during the

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, one group moved southward into

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and

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and another west into

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. Under the Qin and Han, this Shaanxi clan became a prominent and distinguished family while a third group of clans moved east into

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. Another origin was from a

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-era

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, whose family name Wuyuanyousu () was later shortened into Su during the

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. Large numbers of Su moved into

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and

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during the

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. During the

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, they moved further southward to

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, and

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. Their current relative popularity in Taiwan began following migrations during the

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and

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. In the Philippines, the rare family name ''Solon'' derives from the surname ''So''/''Su''.

Notable people with the surname Su

Historical

* Su

Daji Daji () was the favourite consort of King Zhou of Shang, the last king of the Shang dynasty in History of China, ancient China. In legends and fictions, she is portrayed as a malevolent fox spirit who kills and impersonates the real Daji. Her ide ...

, the beautiful concubine traditionally blamed for the fall of the

Su Wu Su Wu (; 140 BC - 60 BC ) was a Chinese diplomat and politician of the Western Han dynasty. He is known in Chinese history for making the best of his mission into foreign territory. During his mission he was captured and then detained for ni ...

, a

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official * Su Ze, an

Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

official * Su Wei or Wuwei, a Sui-era official *

Su Liangsi Su Liangsi () (606 – February 24, 690), noble title Duke of Wen (溫國公), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as chancellor during the reign of Wu Zetian. Background Su Liangsi was born in 606, during the reign of Emperor Ya ...

, Duke of Wen,

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to Emperor Ruizong during the

Su Dingfang Su Dingfang () (591–667), formal name Su Lie () but went by the courtesy name of Dingfang, formally Duke Zhuang of Xing (), was a Chinese military general of the Tang Dynasty who succeeded in destroying the Western Turkic Khaganate in 657. He wa ...

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-era general * The Three Sus (

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

: , ''San Sū''), the Chinese poets

Su Shi Su Shi (; 8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), courtesy name Zizhan (), art name Dongpo (), was a Chinese calligrapher, essayist, gastronomer, pharmacologist, poet, politician, and travel writer during the Song dynasty. A major personality of ...

Su Xun Su Xun (; 22 May 1009 – 21 May 1066) was a Chinese writer during the Song dynasty, best known for his essays. He is considered one of the Eight Masters of the Tang and Song, along with his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe. A famous story (popularized ...

, and

Su Zhe Su Zhe (; 1039–1112), or Su Che, courtesy names Ziyou and Tongshu , was a Chinese essayist, historian, poet, and politician from Meishan, located in modern-day Sichuan Province, China. Su was highly honored as a politician and essayist in th ...

Su Song Su Song (, 1020–1101), courtesy name Zirong (), was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman. Excelling in a variety of fields, he was accomplished in mathematics, Chinese astronomy, astronomy, History of cartography#China, cartography, ...

, famous Song dynasty scientist who invented the world's first endless power chain drive and hydro-mechanical astronomical clock tower. *

Soh Kwang-pom Soh Kwang-pom or Seo Gwang-beom (8 November 1859 – 17 July 1897) (Hangul: 서광범, Hanja: 徐光範) was a Korean reformist and politician of Korea's late Joseon Dynasty. Soh Kwang-Pom, sometimes Pom Kwang Soh or known by his English name: Ke ...

, Korean reformist of the late Joseon dynasty *

Soh Jaipil Soh Jaipil or Seo Jae-pil (January 7, 1864 – January 5, 1951), also known as Philip Jaisohn, was a Korean-American political activist and physician who was a noted champion of the Korean independence movement, the first Korean naturalized citi ...

, Korean independence activist and medical doctor *

Soh Hang-suen Soh Hang-suen (10 October 1951 – 12 June 2013), (alternatively romanised as So Hung-shuen), was a Hong Kong actress. Soh worked for TVB during its ''Golden Age'', joining in 1974, and was most notable for her role in ''Looking Back in Anger ...

, Hong Kong Actress *

, an ancient Chinese poet

Modern

John So John Chun Sai So (; born 2 October 1946) is a Hong Kong Australian businessman who served as the 102nd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia. He was the first Lord Mayor in the city's history to be directly elected by v ...

, former

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Louisa So Louisa So Yuk Wa (; Born 16 January 1968 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series. She is considered the "Cooking Mistress" of Hong Kong after winning the comedy cooking show ''Beautiful Cooking''. In August 2009, she travelled ...

, Hong Kong actress *

Wesley So Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster and 3-time U.S. Chess Champion (in 2017, 2020, and 2021). He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion. On the March 2017 FIDE rating list, he was ran ...

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chess prodigy *

William So William So Wing Hong (; born 24 September 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and a Cantopop singer. He began his musical career by participating the New Talent Singing Awards in 1985 and won the competition as the first runner up to Alex To. His perfor ...

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singer and actor *

Soh Hang Suen Soh Hang-suen (10 October 1951 – 12 June 2013), (alternatively romanised as So Hung-shuen), was a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actress. Soh worked for TVB during its ''Golden Age'', joining in 1974, and was most notable for her role in ''Look ...

, former Hong Kong TVB actress *

Alec Su Alec Su You-peng (born 11 September 1973) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television producer, and film director. Su became a popular teen idol in the 1980s as a member of the boyband ''Xiao Hu Dui''. He was known as the "Obedient Tiger" (乖乖 ...

, Taiwanese singer and actor *

Su Bingqi Su Bingqi (; 1909 – 30 June 1997) was a Chinese archaeology, archaeologist and co-founder of Peking University's archaeology program. He was China's major archaeological theoretician for 50 years, and regarded in his later years as the paramou ...

, archaeologist *

Su Buqing Su Buqing, also spelled Su Buchin (; September 23, 1902 – March 17, 2003), was a Chinese mathematician, educator and poet. He was the founder of differential geometry in China, and served as president of Fudan University and honorary chairman ...

, mathematician *

Su Chi Su Chi (; born 1 October 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. Su served as Secretary-General of the National Security Council from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 1 February 19 ...

, Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China *

Su Chih-fen Su Chih-fen (; born 10 July 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Magistrate of Yunlin County from 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014. Yunlin County Magistrate Yunlin County Magistrate election Su was elected as the Magistrate of ...

, Magistrate of Yunlin County *

So Ji Sub So Ji-sub (born November 4, 1977) is a South Korean actor. After making his entertainment debut as a jeans model, he became known for his leading roles in the television series '' What Happened in Bali'' (2004), ''I'm Sorry, I Love You'' (2004), ...

, South Korean Actor *

Su Chin-shou Su Chin-shou was a Chinese Muslim general of the 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army), who served under Generals Ma Zhongying and Ma Hushan. He was the Chief of Staff of General Ma Zhancang and was appointed as one of the two tao-yins of ...

Hui The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the n ...

chief of staff to General

Ma Zhancang Ma Zhancang (, Xiao'erjing: ) was a Hui Chinese Muslim general of the New 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army), who served under Generals Ma Zhongying and Ma Hushan. At the Battle of Kashgar (1933), he repulsed an attack of Uighurs led ...

Su Chun-jung Su Chun-jung () is a Taiwanese politician. He currently serves as the Minister of the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration since 10 February 2022., after previously serving as the Deputy Minister of the Directorate-General of Personn ...

, Deputy Minister of Directorate-General of Personnel Administration of the Republic of China *

Su Jain-rong Su Jain-rong (; born 12 November 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Su obtained his master's degree in economics from National Chung Hsing University and doctoral degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University in the United Sta ...

, Minister of Finance of the Republic of China * Jen Su, TV presenter *

Lisa Su Lisa Su (; born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of AMD. Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semic ...

, CEO & President of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) * Su Li-chiung, former Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China *

Su Tseng-chang Hope Su Tseng-chang (; born 28 July 1947) is a Taiwanese politician serving as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2019, and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 ...

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Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi ( th, เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี; ; ; born 2 May 1944) is a Thai business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Thai Beverage, and the chairman of conglomerates TCC Group and Fraser ...

(Su Xuming), Thai billionaire businessman *

Su Yunying Su Yunying (; born 8 April 1991), also known as Sue Su, is a Chinese singer-songwriter of Li ethnicity. Su was born and raised in Sanya, Hainan. Su rose to prominence in 2015 on Sing My Song, performing her own written debut song called "Yez ...

, Chinese singer *

Phillipa Soo Phillipa Anne Soo (born May 31, 1990) is an American actress and singer. Soo gained prominence for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Broadway musical ''Hamilton''. She earned nominations for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a ...

, American actress and singer *

Kelvin Soo The kelvin, symbol K, is the primary unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), used alongside its metric prefix, prefixed forms and the degree Celsius. It is named after the Belfast-born and University of Glasgow-based eng ...

, Managing Director of Furley Bioextracts (FBIO) *

Su Shanshan Su Shanshan (; born March 23, 1997, in Suizhou, Hubei) is a Chinese singer and actress, and member of Chinese idol group SNH48, as part of Team NII. Previously, she was a member of BEJ48's Team E. Career On January 18, 2016, Su became a 6th-ge ...

, Chinese singer, actress, and member of Chinese idol group

SNH48 SNH48 is a Chinese idol girl group based in Shanghai. Following AKB48's creator Yasushi Akimoto's concept of "idols you can meet", the group features dozens of female members around the age of 20, who perform regularly in the group's own thea ...

* Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su, known professionally as Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter ;Tô (Vietnamese name of Su) *

Tô Hiến Thành Tô Hiến Thành ( Hán tự: 蘇憲誠) (died 1179) was an official in the royal court of Lý Anh Tông and Lý Cao Tông, the sixth and seventh emperors of the Lý dynasty. Being a capable official of Lý Anh Tông who helped the emperor in ...

, a Vietnamese official under the

Lý dynasty The Lý dynasty ( vi, Nhà Lý, , chữ Nôm: 茹李, chữ Hán: 李朝, Hán Việt: ''Lý triều'') was a Vietnamese dynasty that existed from 1009 to 1225. It was established by Lý Công Uẩn when he overthrew the Early Lê dynasty an ...

Tô Trung Từ Tô Trung Từ (chữ Hán: 蘇忠詞, ?-1211) was a high ranking general near the end of the Lý dynasty in the History of Vietnam, and attempted to usurp the Lý dynasty during his reign of the dynasty's royal court. He was born in Lưu Gia villag ...

, a high ranking general and attempted usurper of the Lý dynasty ;Soh (English name of Su) *

Soh Chin Aun Datuk Wira Soh Chin Ann (or Soh Chin Aun due to misspelling by Malaysian media; ; born 28 July 1950) is a Malaysian former footballer. He was affectionately known as ''Tauke'' or '' Towkay'' ( en, Boss) by his teammates and fans. RSSSF and I ...

, Malaysian Footballer *

Shigeru Soh (born 9 January 1953 in Usuki, Ōita) is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He won the 1985 edition of the Tokyo Marathon. His twin brother Takeshi So is also a ...

, Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Takeshi *

Takeshi Soh is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He won the 1976 edition of the Košice Peace Marathon in Czechoslovakia. His twin brother is also a retired ...

, Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Shigeru * June-Young Soh, South Korean director and musician *

Cavin Soh Cavin Soh (, born 17 November 1970) (苏智诚/苏志诚 Su Zhi Cheng previous name) is a Singaporean actor, host, watch dealer and singer. Career Soh used to be a lead singer in the band Dreamz FM (梦飞船) and a radio deejay on MediaCorp' ...

, Singaporean actor *

Elson Soh Elson Soh (simplified Chinese: 苏奕铨; born September 6, 1988) is a music artist under a Singapore based Label Record and Artist Management company, M5 Royal Music. Elson studied in Yuhua Primary School, Kranji Secondary School and Pioneer J ...

, Singaporean singer * Debra W. Soh, Canadian neuroscientist and science journalist *

Soh Rui Yong Soh Rui Yong (born 6 August 1991) is a Singaporean national long-distance runner, and holder of four national records: 5,000m, 10,000m, half marathon and marathon. In 2017, Soh became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA ...

, Singaporean long-distance runner *

Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik (, born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team after being defeated by China in ...

, Malaysian badminton player *

Chunghee Sarah Soh Chunghee Sarah Soh or Sarah Soh is an American professor of Anthropology at San Francisco State University. She is a sociocultural anthropologist who specializes in issues of women, gender, sexuality. Her book '' The Comfort Women: Sexual Viol ...

, South Korean-born American anthropologist *

Benny Soh Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer or Bernard. People Bennie Given name * Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine o ...

, Singaporean film actor * Eugene Soh, Singaporean tech artist, Founder of Mind Palace

World Federation of Soh Associations

Over 1,000 representatives of Soh Clan Associations from around the world meet every two years at the Congress of the World Federation of Soh Associations. Participants hail from China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, America and Europe. The first congress was held in Manila in 1994.

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