柴

chái · Chai

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames: No. 323
Ancestral seat (junwang): 平阳
Wikidata: Q7224842

In other languages

German Chai
English Chai
Spanish Chai
French Chai
Vietnamese Sài

Notable historical bearers

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

Emperor Gongdi of Later Zhou953 – 973
Later Zhou emperor
Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou921 – 959
Later Zhou dynasty emperor from 954 to 959
Chai Shao588 – 638
military leader
Chai Jin
Water Margin character
Chai Zemin1916 – 2010
Chinese diplomat (1916-2010)
Chai Wu250 BCE – 163 BCE
Western Han Dynasty person CBDB = 13327
Chai Jinyi1662 – 1722
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54164 (1662–1722)

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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).