Cheng (鄭 / 程)
2 Taiwanese surnames carry the spelling Cheng.
鄭 Cheng
- Zhuyin
- ㄓㄥˋ
- Pinyin
- zhèng
- Wade-Giles
- Cheng
- Further spellings of 鄭
- Jeng, Jheng, Zheng
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Tēnn MOE's surname list also gives Tīnn. Tēnn is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while tīng is the character's literary (文讀) reading.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- cang⁵⁵
- Rank in Taiwan
- 12th most common surname, roughly 1.89% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
The name of an ancient state; as an adverb it means 'serious, solemn' (as in 鄭重).
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to the state of Zheng, founded in 806 BCE for Prince You (友), a son of King Li of Zhou, and later centred on Xinzheng in present-day Henan. When Han conquered Zheng in 375 BCE, its people took the state's name. Hall name (堂號): 滎陽堂.
Saying it 我姓鄭 — wǒ xìng zhèng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄥˋ), "my family name is 鄭"
程 Ch'eng
- Zhuyin
- ㄔㄥˊ
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Wade-Giles
- Ch'eng
- Further spellings of 程
- Cheng
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Thiânn Thiânn is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while the character's literary (文讀) reading is thîng or tîng.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- cang¹¹
- Rank in Taiwan
- 77th most common surname, roughly 0.16% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
It means 'rule, regulation', 'procedure' and 'journey, distance' (as in 路程).
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Cheng Boxiufu (程伯休甫), lord of the state of Cheng (程) in the early Zhou, whose descendants adopted the state's name. Hall name (堂號): 安定堂.
Saying it 我姓程 — wǒ xìng chéng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ), "my family name is 程"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).