Dǒu，又音Tǒu / Tou / T'ou
The 钭 surname mainly derives from the Jiang lineage and emerged from the Lü clan through an object-based surname. After the Tian clan replaced the Qi state’s ruling house during the Warring States period, the descendants of Duke Kang of Qi took 钭 as their surname after his exile at sea.
The Zheng Tongzhi: Clan Summary records the 钭 surname with the phonetic notation “天口切” and mentions that during the Later Han of the Five Dynasties, 钭 Tao served as governor of Chuzhou. The Hanyu Da Zidian gives the pronunciation dǒu.
The recorded commanderies are Linhai and Liaoxi. The recorded ancestral halls are Huichu Hall and Liaoxi Hall.
The 钭 surname is currently distributed in Taiyuan, Changzhi, and Yuncheng in Shanxi; Yifeng in Jiangxi; Shaowu in Fujian; Maguan and Jiangchuan in Yunnan; as well as Kaihua and Yuyao in Zhejiang and Taipei and Taichung in Taiwan.
钭 Tao was a Song dynasty official who served as governor of Chuzhou.
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