翟

dí · Zhai

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames: No. 290
Ancestral seat (junwang): 南阳
Wikidata: Q15909373

In other languages

German Zhai
English Zhai
Spanish Zhai
French Zhai
Vietnamese Trạch

Notable historical bearers

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

Zhai Liao350 – 391
Wei emperor
Zhai Zhao350 – 393
Chinese emperor
Zhai Rang550 – 617
Chinese general and chacellor
Zhai Xiangjun1939 – 2019
Chinese translator and educator
Chai Chao-lin1870 – 1942
engineer
翟斌? – 384
Zhai Luan1477 – 1546
Ming dynasty person CBDB = 68136

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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).