Dongfang
Dongfang in regular script
PronunciationTong-hong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Origin
Language(s)Chinese language
Word/nameFu Xi clan
Dongfang Shuo
Meaningthe east
Other names
Variant form(s)Dongfang (Mandarin)
See alsoZhang (surname)
Dongfang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese東方
Simplified Chinese东方
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetĐông Phương
Hán-Nôm東方
Korean name
Hangul동방
Hanja東方
Japanese name
Kanji東方
Hiraganaとうほう
ひがしかた

Dongfang in Chinese or Dongbang in Korean is a compound surname in East Asia. Dongfang has two points of origin. One branch is said to be descended from the Fuxi clan, which originated in the east; the other is said to be descended from Dongfang Shuo, whose original family name was Zhang.[1]

Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.

Notable people named Dongfang

References

  1. People's Daily. Overseas Ed. May 9th, 2001. Dongfang, a surname originated from Dongfang Shuo(始于东方朔的东方姓)
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