When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Xiong (surname) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiong_(surname)

    Xiong's literal meaning is "bear".In ancient China, it was used as a clan name by a branch of the Mi (), the royal family of the state of Chu.As recorded by Sima Qian, they claimed descent from Zhuanxu, a son of the Yellow Emperor in Chinese mythology, and Yuxiong (鬻熊), a tutor of the King Wen of Zhou in the 11th century BC.

  3. Xiao'erjing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao'erjing

    In Arabic language Qur'ans, Xiao'erjing annotations are used to help women read. [12] Xiao'erjing is used to explain certain terms when used as annotations. [13] Xiao'erjing is also used to write Chinese language Qurans. [14] [15] A Dachang Hui Imam, Ma Zhenwu, wrote a Qur'an translation into Chinese including Chinese characters and Xiao'erjing ...

  4. Xiong Yi (11th century BC) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiong_Yi_(11th_century_BC)

    Xiong Yi (Chinese: 熊繹; pinyin: Xióng Yì, reigned 11th century BC) was an early ruler and first vassal lord of the State of Chu during early Zhou dynasty of ancient China. Son of Xiong Kuang , he was traditionally ascribed descent from the Yellow Emperor and Zhuanxu through his great-grandfather Yuxiong .

  5. Ye (surname) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(surname)

    In Zhou dynasty China, noble families usually had two surnames: clan name (氏) and lineage name (姓). Shen Zhuliang, from a cadet branch of the ruling house of Chu, shared the lineage name of Mi (芈) of the Chu kings. He also inherited the clan name of Shen from his father, but his fame led some of his descendants to adopt Ye as their clan name.

  6. Xiong - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiong

    Xiong may refer to: Name. Xiong (surname) (熊), a Chinese surname; Location ... The Xong language and the Miao people who speak it; Group

  7. Hundred Family Surnames - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Family_Surnames

    Hundred Family Surnames poem written in Chinese characters and Phagspa script, from Shilin Guangji written by Chen Yuanjing in the Yuan dynasty. The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, [1] also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, [2] is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames.

  8. Baṛī ye - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baṛī_ye

    Baṛī ye (Urdu: بَڑی يے, Urdu pronunciation: [ˈbəɽiː ˈjeː]; lit. ' greater ye ') is a letter in the Urdu alphabet (and other Indo-Iranian language alphabets based on it) directly based on the alternative "returned" variant of the final form of the Arabic letter ye/yāʾ (known as yāʾ mardūda) found in the Hijazi, Kufic, Thuluth, Naskh, and Nastaliq scripts. [1]

  9. Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet

    The Arabic alphabet, [a] or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters, [ b ] of which most have contextual letterforms.