Chai (柴) Chinese Surname

Profile

• Surname: Chai (柴)
  
• Wade Giles : Ch'ai
• Ancestor : Gao Chai (高柴)
• Period : Zhou Dynasty , Spring and Autumn period (722–481BC)
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• Mainland: 127th (1.35 million people , 2008)
• Baijiaxing : 325th
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• Korean : Si (시)
• Vietnamese : Sài

History

Chinese : from the name of Gao Chai (高柴) , was one of the major disciple of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted this character as their surname; it also means ‘firewood’. Korean: variant of Chae.

Notable People

• Chai Biyun (柴碧云)
• Chai Ge (柴格) (Ko Chai , Chen Xiaoke (陈晓柯))
• Chai Wei (柴蔚) (Melody)