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Also known as Chu Kot, 諸葛

Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family Surnames in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of Zhuge Liang. It originated from a branch of the Ge family, who added a character to their name.

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Surname.name
Zhuge
Surname.image
諸葛姓 - 楷体.svg
Surname.image_size
80px
Surname.caption
Zhuge in regular script
Surname.pronunciation
Zhūgě/Chu1-ko3 (Pinyin)Chu-kat (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Surname.language
Chinese or Korean
Surname.languageorigin
Chinese language
Surname.meaning
"Many kudzu plants"
Surname.derivative
Zhu (諸), Ge (葛)
Chinese.title
Zhuge
Chinese.s
诸葛
Chinese.p
Zhūgě
Chinese.w
Chu1-ko3
Chinese.kanji
諸葛
Chinese.hiragana
しょかつもろくず
Chinese.romaji
SyokatuMorokuzu
Chinese.revhep
ShokatsuMorokuzu
Chinese.hangul
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native label
诸葛
Commons category
Zhuge (surname)
transliteration or transcription
Chu-Kot
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8 sections
Contents
  • List of notable people
  • Zhuge
  • Jaegal
  • Gia Cát
  • Morokuzu
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family Surnames in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of Zhuge Liang. It originated from a branch of the Ge family, who added a character to their name.

According to the statistics, in 2018 there are around 16,000 Chinese people who have the last name Zhuge.

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