Zhuo Explained

Zhuo (卓)
Pronunciation:	Zhuó (Mandarin Pinyin) Zhuō (former Mandarin pronunciation)^[1] Coek3 (Cantonese Jyutping) Toh (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language:	Chinese
Language origin:	Old Chinese

Zhuo (;) 224^th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people (2008).^[2] In the Wade–Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as Cho, which is commonly used in Taiwan. The surname is listed 277^th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[3]

Transliterations and Derivatives

• Zhuo in Mandarin, alternatively romanized as Cho or Jo in Taiwan.
• Coek, Cheuk, Cherk or Chak in Cantonese
• Doh, Toh or Tok in Hokkien and Teochew
• Chok in Hakka
• Doh in Eastern Min
  • • Cheok in Macau Chuk, Chok, Chock, or Toh in Malaysia Tjoek, Toq or Toh in Indonesia
• Toh, Cher, Cho, Chok, Tho, Tock, or Tok in Singapore

Derivatives

• As the Hanja of the Korean surname romanized as Tak
• As the Chữ Nôm for the Vietnamese surname Trác
• Derived as Harsono, or other Indonesianized surnames among Chinese Indonesians

Notable people

• Zhuo Wenjun (2nd century BC), celebrated poet, wife of Sima Xiangru
• Zhuo Jing (卓敬; died 1402), Ming dynasty minister, executed for refusing to serve the Yongle Emperor
• Zhuo Bingtian (卓秉恬; 1782–1855), Qing dynasty Minister of Defense
• Toh Ah Boon or Zhuo Yawen (1860–1932), Malayan businessman
• Zhuo Lin (1916–2009), wife of Deng Xiaoping
• Toh Kian Chui (卓键水) (1927-2000), Singaporean philanthropist
• Zhuo Renxi (1931–2019), chemist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Alfred Y. Cho or Zhuo Yihe (born 1937), Chinese-American electrical engineer
• Patsy Toh or Zhuo Yilong (born 1940), pianist, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music
• Zhuo Changren (卓长仁; 1948–2001), Chinese aircraft hijacker and murderer in Taiwan
• Cho Sheng-li (卓勝利; 1949–2012), Taiwanese actor
• H. T.  Cho or Zhuo Huotu (卓火土; born 1950), cofounder and former CEO of HTC
• Zhuo Xinping (卓新平; born 1955), scholar of religions, academician of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Cho Jung-tai (born 1959), Taiwanese politician, Chairman-elect of the Democratic Progressive Party
• Cheuk Wan-chi or Zhuo Yunzhi (born 1979), Hong Kong media personality
• Timi Zhuo or Zhuo Yi-ting (born 1981), Taiwanese singer
• Toh Guo'An or Zhuo Guo'an (born 1982), Singaporean football player
• Genie Chuo or Zhuo Wenxuan (born 1986), Taiwanese singer
• Murder of the Zhuo family, a Chinese-American family who were murdered by a cousin in 2013
• Toh Hong Huat (卓鸿发; born 1974, disappeared in 1986), a twelve-year-old schoolboy who went missing in Singapore

Notes and References

1. "卓(姓) zhuō" 中国语文 总第85 July 1959 普通話异讀詞审音表初稿（續） Page 322
2. Web site: 2009-01-06 . 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） . 300 most common surnames in China (2008) . 2014-09-18 . Taiwan.cn . zh.
3. Web site: 百家姓 . Hundred Family Surnames . Guoxue . zh . 2014-09-16.