Kwan Generation Name Poem

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Note: Some of the generations have two Chinese characters because I got the information about this poem from two different sources (my daddy and a Kwan family tree book).

trad. = traditional characters		simp. = simplified characters
Can. = Cantonese (jyutping)		Toi. = Toisaanwa (T)		Man. = Mandarin (pinyin)

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1st    sau 1
T
(xiu 1) to build 17th hoi 1
T
(kai 1) open

2nd    dak 1
T
(de 2) virtues, morals 18th    gei 1
T
(ji 1) base, foundation

3rd    zoeng 6
T
(xiang 4) appearance 19th zaak 6
T
(ze 2) pond

4th jin 4
T
(xian 2) virtuous 20th

or

mau 6
T
(mao 4) grand, majestic

5th gwan 1
T
(jun 1) a king;
a man of virtue 21th gai 3
T
(ji 4) to continue;
to inherit

6th bit 1
T
(bi 4) most certainly, must 22th jip 6
T
(ye 4) industry; profession; estate

7th jyu 5
T
(ru 3) you 23rd gwong 1
T
(guang 1) light, brightness; glory, honor

8th hin 2
T
(xian 3) evident, clear;
well known 24th xin 1
T
(xian 1) first; before

9th

or

wang 4
T
(hong 2) grand, magnificent 25th zou 6
T
(zuo 4) throne; blessing

10th jan 4
T
(ren 2) benevolent 26th jan 6
T
(yin 4) long succession of ancestors

11th ding 6
T
(ding 4) stable, fix,
unalterable 27th hang 4
T
(heng 2) permanent, constant

12th gwok 3
T
(guo 2) country 28th sek 3
T
(xi 1) tin;
to bestow

13th sung 4
T
(chong 2) to respect; to worship; noble, exalted 29th cong 1
T
(chuang 4) initiate, establish

14th fan 1
T
(xun 1) achievement 30th sau 2
T
(shou 3) to guard, protect; to abide by

15th zak1
T
(ze 2) law, rule 31th wing 5
T
(yong 3) forever; permanent

16th

or
tin 1
T
(tian 1) sky; the heavens 32th cyun 4
T
(chuan 2) to pass; to transmit;

hyun 4
T
quan 4 to urge; to advise


Traditional characters		Simplified characters