胡
胡, may refer to: Names * Hu (surname), Chinese surname. * Hồ (surname), Vietnamese surname. * Ho (Korean name), Korean surname. Other * Hu (people), historical term for populations to the north and west of China proper. * Xiongnu The Xiongnu (, ) were a tribal confederation of Nomad, nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese historiography, Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, t ...

Hu (surname)
Hu (Wikt:胡, 胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. In 2019, Hu dropped to 15th most common surname in mainland China. Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include Wikt:瓠, 瓠, Wikt:護, 護, Wikt:戶, 戶, Wikt:扈, 扈, Wikt:虎, 虎, Wikt:呼, 呼, Wikt:忽, 忽, Wikt:斛, 斛 and Wikt:壺, 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is also pronounced as "Wu" or "Woo". Meaning In Classical Chinese, ''hú'' 胡 meant: "dewlap; wattle (anatomy), wattle" and was a variant Chinese character for "how; why; what" (''he'' Wikt:何, 何), "long-lasting; far-reaching" (''xia'' Wikt:遐, 遐), "part of a dagger-axe", ''hu-'' in "butterfly" (''hudie'' Wikt:蝴蝶, 蝴蝶), or possibly "Northern Barbarians". History According to tradition, the Hu (胡) surname has several historical origins. First, Hu could derive from the family of Duke Hu of Chen. Ki ...
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Hu (people)
Hu (; IPA: ) also Huren (胡人, "Hu people") or Huzu (胡族, "Hu tribes"), was a rather vague term to designate ancient groups of people, namely populations beyond the Central Plains, generally to the north and west of the Huaxia ''Huaxia'' is a historical concept representing the Chinese nation, and came from the self-awareness of a common cultural ancestry by ancestral populations of the Han people. Etymology The earliest extant authentic attestation of the ''H ... realm. The Hu were usually horse-mounted nomads. According to Hill (2009): Ancient Chinese dynasties such as the Shang dynasty and Zhou dynasty, into the Spring and Autumn period, recount of numerous encounters with the nomadic tribes of the northern steppes and other alien tribes. At that time, the preferred term to designate them was the "Four Barbarians" ( zh, c=四夷, p=sìyí), each was named for a cardinal direction: the ''Dongyi'' (東夷, "Eastern Barbarians"), ''Nanman'' (南蠻, "Southern ...
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Hồ (surname)
Hồ (胡) is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Hu (surname), Hu in Chinese language, Chinese and Ho (Korean name), Ho in Korean language, Korean. Ho is the anglicized variation of the surname Hồ. Not be confused with He (surname), Ho surname in Chinese. The Hồ 胡 clan which founded the Hồ dynasty in Vietnam originated in Zhejiang province of China.John K Whitmore, "Secondary Capitals of Dai Viet". In Kenneth R. Hall (ed.) (2008), ''Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, C. 1400-1800''p. 161 Notable people with the surname Hồ *Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), Vietnamese poet *Hồ dynasty (1400–1406), rulers of Dai Viet :*Hồ Quý Ly (1336–1407?), ruler of Dai Viet :*Hồ Hán Thương (died 1407?), ruler of Dai Viet *Hồ Tấn Quyền (1927-1963), Commander of the Republic of Vietnam Navy * Hồ Lệ Thu (born 1973), Vietnamese pop singer * Hồ Ngọc Hà (born 1984), Vietnamese model, pop singer, actress, and entertain ...
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Ho (Korean Name)
Ho is a Korean family name, a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name As a family name, Ho may be written with three different hanja. Those with the family name meaning "retinue" () may belong to one of four different ''bon-gwan'': * Naju, Jeollanam-do *Boan, Buan, Jeollabuk-do *Baekcheon, Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do *Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do The 2000 South Korean census found 6,106 people with these family names. People with this family name include: * Ho In-soo, South Korean Catholic priest * Jessica Ho (stage name Jessi, born 1988), Korean American rapper, singer, television presenter * Ho Jun-seok (born 1969), South Korean politician Given name There are 49 hanja with the reading "ho" (with variant forms of three of them) on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; common ones are listed i ...
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