Hsueh (薛)
A Taiwanese surname.
薛 Hsüeh
- Zhuyin
- ㄒㄩㄝ
- Pinyin
- xuē
- Wade-Giles
- Hsüeh
- Further spellings of 薛
- Hsueh, Shiue, Syue, Xue
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Sih
- Hakka (Sixian)
- xied²
- Rank in Taiwan
- 60th most common surname, roughly 0.21% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
The name of an ancient state that lay in present-day Shandong.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Xi Zhong (奚仲), a Xia official credited with inventing the cart, who lived at Xue (薛) in present-day Shandong; once Qi destroyed the state of Xue, its people took its name. Hall name (堂號): 河東堂.
Saying it 我姓薛 — wǒ xìng xuē (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄝ), "my family name is 薛"
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).