Tung (董 / 童)
2 Taiwanese surnames carry the spelling Tung.
董 Tung
- Zhuyin
- ㄉㄨㄥˇ
- Pinyin
- dǒng
- Wade-Giles
- Tung
- Further spellings of 董
- Dung, Dong
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Táng Táng is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while tóng is the character's literary (文讀) reading.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- dung³¹
- Rank in Taiwan
- 66th most common surname, roughly 0.18% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
'Director' (as in 董事); as a verb it means 'to supervise'.
Where the surname comes from
Tradition traces it to Dongfu (董父), said to have raised dragons for Emperor Shun and to have been granted the surname Dong; a second line descends from the court historians of the state of Jin. Hall name (堂號): 隴西堂.
Saying it 我姓董 — wǒ xìng dǒng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ), "my family name is 董"
童 T'ung
- Zhuyin
- ㄊㄨㄥˊ
- Pinyin
- tóng
- Wade-Giles
- T'ung
- Further spellings of 童
- Tung, Tong
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Tâng MOE's name-reading tool gives Tông as the more common reading. Tâng is the colloquial (白讀) reading, while tông is the character's literary (文讀) reading.
- Hakka (Sixian)
- tung¹¹
- Rank in Taiwan
- 93rd most common surname, roughly 0.08% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
It means 'child' (as in 兒童) and 'young'.
Where the surname comes from
One account traces it to Laotong (老童), a descendant of Zhuanxu; a second to Xu Tong (胥童), an official of the state of Jin. Hall name (堂號): 雁門堂.
Saying it 我姓童 — wǒ xìng tóng (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ), "my family name is 童"
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).