Zhuge

Zhuge

Pronunciation Zhūgě/Chu1-ko3 (Pinyin)
Chu-kat (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Chinese language
Other names
Variant(s) Chu-ko (Mandarin Chinese)

Zhuge[1] (Chu-ko; simplified Chinese: 诸葛; traditional Chinese: 諸葛; pinyin: Zhūgě; Wade–Giles: Chu1-ko3) is a Chinese double surname. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family Surnames. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of Zhuge Liang.

Notable people surnamed Zhuge

See also

Notes

  1. The approximate pronunciation in English is /ˈ ˈɡə/.
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