Rui (surname)
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| Pronunciation | Ruì ([ɻwêɪ]) (Mandarin) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese |
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| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
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| Variant form(s) | Jui |
Rui is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 芮 in Chinese characters. It is romanized Jui in Wade–Giles. Rui is listed 209th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2] A 2013 study found that it was the 329th most common surname, shared by 146,000 people or 0.011% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most.
Notable people
- Rui Yifu (芮逸夫; 1898–1991), Chinese anthropologist
- Rui Zhenggao (芮正皋; 1919–2015), Chinese diplomat
- Rui Xingwen (1927–2005), Communist Party Chief of Shanghai
- Rui Qingkai (芮清凯; born 1945), lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army
- Rui Naiwei (born 1963), Go player
- Rui Chenggang (born 1977), former China Central Television news anchor
References
- ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
- ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-11.