Not to be confused with Zhu (surname) or Ge (surname).
Zhuge
Zhuge in regular script
Pronunciation
Zhūgě/Chu1-ko3 (Pinyin) Chu-kat (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)
Chinese or Korean
Origin
Language(s)
Chinese language
Meaning
"Many kudzu plants"
Other names
Derivative(s)
Zhu (諸), Ge (葛)
Zhuge
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
諸葛
Simplified Chinese
诸葛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhūgě
Wade–Giles
Chu1-ko3
Korean name
Hangul
제갈
Hanja
諸葛
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization
Jegal
McCune–Reischauer
Chegal
Japanese name
Kanji
諸葛
Hiragana
しょかつ もろくず
Transcriptions
Romanization
Syokatu Morokuzu
Revised Hepburn
Shokatsu Morokuzu
Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family Surnames in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of Zhuge Liang. It originated from a branch of the Ge family, who added a character to their name.[1]
According to the statistics,[clarification needed] in 2018 there are around 16,000 Chinese people who have the last name Zhuge.[citation needed]
^尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames
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Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family...
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Zhuge Jin (174 – July or August 241), courtesy name Ziyu, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms...
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the Zhuge crossbow (Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also romanized Chu-ko-nu) due to its association with the Three Kingdoms-era strategist Zhuge Liang...
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Zhuge Yujie (Chinese: 诸葛宇杰; born May 1971), is a Chinese politician, and the current deputy party secretary of the Party Committee of Hubei. Having spent...
route and rendezvous with Zhuge Liang's main force at Tong Pass. Zhuge Liang rejected the plan, and Wei Yan felt that Zhuge Liang was a coward and complained...
Zhuge Liang, to attack Wei. Zhuge Liang fell ill and died during the stalemate and subsequently the Shu forces retreated. In the spring of 234, Zhuge...
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at the age of 16, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of the Chancellor Zhuge Liang and Imperial Secretariat Li Yan. His reign of 40 years was the longest...
Zhuge Xu (fl. 255–260s) was a Chinese general and politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Zhuge Xu was from Yangdu...
recruited Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang's biography briefly mentions that after Xu Shu recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang thrice...
Zhuge Xuan (pronunciation) (died c. February 197) was a Chinese politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for...
could. Technology advanced significantly during this period. Shu chancellor Zhuge Liang invented the wooden ox, suggested to be an early form of the wheelbarrow...
Zhuge Rong (after 204 - c.November 253), courtesy name Shuchang, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of...
the Northern Expeditions led by the Shu regent Zhuge Liang against Shu's rival state, Cao Wei. After Zhuge Liang's death in c.September 234, Wei Yan was...