Zhang ( Traditional Chinese: 張, Simplified Chinese: 张, pinyin: Zhāng, Wade-Giles: Chang, Yale: Jeung, Penkyamp: Zoeng or Cheung) is among the most common Chinese surnames. There are currently well over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. The use of this surname dates back to about 4,700 years ago.This surname is often mispronounced by American English speakers as IPA [ʒæn]; its actual pronunciation (IPA [tʂan]), is pronounced somewhat like jong.
The corresponding Korean surname is 장.
Note: 章 is a less common surname which also has the pronunciation of Zhāng.
1 Character Analysis
The character per se is comprised of 弓 (gong -- bow used in warfare) and 长 (cháng/zhǎng -- length/to grow, though it is probably the latter that contributes to the notion of an expanding bow). Appropriately, the ancient form of this character uses 巨 (jù -- huge, towering) in place of 长, thereby suggesting an even more concrete idea; this form is considered today to be that of an ancient variant which has since faded from everyday usage. Zhāng's literal translation is "to open forth", or "to spread", although its common use is a measure word for (relatively) flat objects such as paper and mattresses.
2 Prominent people with family name 장
3 Prominent people with family name 張
- Iris Chang, writer
- Michael Chang, athlete
- Victor Chang, surgeon
- Maggie Cheung, actress
- Cheung Tak Lan, singer
- Leslie CheungLeslie Cheung Kwok Wing ( Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhng Guorong, WG: Chang Kuo-jung) ( September 12, 1956 April 1, 2003) was a Cantopop singer and the star of several Hong Kong movies. His fans passionately called him Gor-gor (, actor and singer
- Jacky CheungNot to be confused with Jackie Chan, a similarly named martial arts actor and director. Jacky Cheung (born July 10, 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and film star of the late 1980s and 1990s, still having a strong career into the 21st century. He was named The, actor and singer
- Zhang Ailing, (1920-1995), female romanticRomance or romantic can refer to: Romantic love Romantic movements in the arts, Romanticism Romantic poetry Romantic fiction, including but not limited to Romance novels Romance genre in film Romantic comedy Romantic music A type of musical composition ca story writer
- Cecilia ZhangDong-Yue Zhang (born March 30, 1994), known as Cecilia Zhang was a 9-year-old girl who went missing from her Toronto, Ontario, Canada family in fall 2003, making Canadian and international headlines. Her remains were found months later in Mississauga, Ont, suspected kidnapping victim
- Zhang ChunqiaoZhang Chunqiao (, Pinyin Zhng Chunqiao) (born 1917) was a member of the Gang of Four. He worked as a writer in Shanghai in the 1930s. After the Yan'an conference in 1938, he joined the Communist Party of China. With the creation of the People's Republic o, member of the Gang of FourThe Gang of Four (, pinyin: si ren bng in the People's Republic of China was a group of Communist Party leaders who were arrested and removed from their positions in 1976, following the death of Mao Zedong. They included Mao's widow Jiang Qing (his fourth
- Zhang FeiIn the Romance of Three Kingdoms Zhang Fei (168?-222 AD) was an officer of the Kingdom of Shu and the second member of the Five Tiger Generals. Sworn Blood Brother of Liu Bei and Guan Yu. At the Battle of Chang Ban he alone rode out on the Chang Ban Bridg, military leader in the period of Three Kingdoms
- Zhang Guo Lao, one of the Eight Immortals
- Zhang Guoping , achieved and well-known accordionist
- Zhang Heng, astronomer and mathematician
- Zhang Juanjuan, athlete
- Zhang Liang, aide of Liu Bang. His ancestors were the ministers of State of Han.
- Zhang Ning, badminton player
- Zhang Sanfeng, semi-mythical Taoist master
- Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang, ( 1901- 2001), Manchurian warlord
- Zhang Yi, strategist during the Warring States Period
- Zhang Yi, military general of the Kingdom of Shu during the period of Three Kingdoms.
- Zhang Yimou, film-maker
- Zhang Zizhong, military leader
