Chinese surnames

姬

jī · Jī

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 295
Ancestral seat (junwang)
南阳
Wikidata
Q55267

In other languages

  • German Ji
  • English Jī
  • Spanish Ji
  • French Ji
  • Japanese 姫
  • Korean 지
  • Russian Цзи
  • Vietnamese Cơ

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Mencius372 BCE – 289 BCE

    Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)

  • Shang Yang390 BCE – 338 BCE

    Qin State statesman, chancellor and reformer (c. 390–338 BC)

  • King Wu of Zhou1150 BCE – 1043 BCE

    founder of China's Zhou dynasty

  • King Wen of Zhou1112 BCE – 1050 BCE

    King of Zhou

  • Dan of Zhou1100 BCE – 1032 BCE

    Legendary regional lord, regent, and culture hero of the early Zhou dynasty

  • Xuan850 BCE – 781 BCE

    eleventh king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty

  • Guan Zhong720 BCE – 645 BCE

    Chinese chancellor and reformer (c. 720–645 BC)

  • King You of Zhou795 BCE – 771 BCE

    King of Zhou Dynasty China

  • King Ping of Zhou781 BCE – 720 BCE

    First king of the Chinese Eastern Zhou dynasty (died 720 BC)

  • Duke Wen of Jin697 BCE – 628 BCE

    22nd ruler of Jin from 636 to 628 BCE

  • King Huan of Zhou? – 697 BCE

    King of the Zhou dynasty from 719 to 697 BC

  • King Zhuang of Zhou? – 682 BCE

    King of the Zhou dynasty from 696 to 682 BC

  • Ling600 BCE – 545 BCE

    ancient Chinese king of the Zhou dynasty

  • Lu Ban507 BCE – 444 BCE

    5th-century BC Chinese engineer and inventor

  • King Jian of Zhou? – 572 BCE

    King of Zhou Dynasty China

  • King Yi of Zhou1000 BCE – 884 BCE

    King of China

  • King Xi of Zhou? – 677 BCE

    King of Zhou Dynasty China

  • King Jing of Zhou (Gai)550 BCE – 477 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty King of China from 519 to 477 BC

  • King Hui of Zhou? – 652 BCE

    King of the Zhou dynasty from 676 to 652 BC

  • King Ding of Zhou? – 586 BCE

    ancient Chinese king of the Zhou dynasty

  • King Kuang of Zhou? – 607 BCE

    King of Zhou Dynasty China

  • King Yuan of Zhou? – 469 BCE

    Zhou dynasty king of China from 476 to 469 BC

  • Ji Pengfei1910 – 2000

    Chinese politician (1910-2000)

  • King Zhending of Zhou? – 441 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty king of China from 468 to 441 BC

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).