Zha (surname)
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{{Infobox surname
| name = Zha (查)
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| pronunciation = Zhā (Mandarin)
| language = Chinese
| languageorigin = Old Chinese
| origin = Jiāng (surname 姜)
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| variant = Cha
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Zha is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written {{linktext|查}} in Chinese character. It is romanized as Cha in Wade–Giles. Zha is listed 397th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/gxrm/gx_bjx.htm |title=百家姓 |trans-title=Hundred Family Surnames |publisher=Guoxue |language=zh |access-date=2014-10-28}} As of 2008, it is the 176th most common surname in China, shared by 680,000 people.{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm |script-title=zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）|trans-title=300 most common surnames in China (2008) |publisher=Taiwan.cn |language=zh |date=2009-01-06 |access-date=2014-10-28}} It was originated as a branch of the Jiang (姜) surname. Zha was originally the name of a district in modern-day Shandong province.尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames
Notable people
- Zha Jizuo (1601–1676), Ming and Qing dynasty scholar
- Zha Shibiao (1615–1698), Ming and Qing dynasty landscape painter
- Zha Sheng (查昇; 1650–1707), Qing dynasty calligrapher
- Zha Shenxing (1650–1727), Qing dynasty poet
- Zha Sili (查嗣瑮; 1652–1733), Qing dynasty scholar, brother of Zha Shenxing
- Zha Siting (查嗣庭; died 1727), Qing dynasty scholar-official, victim of the literary Inquisition, brother of Zha Shenxing
- Zha Weiren (查为仁; 1695–1749), Qing dynasty poet
- Zha Kui (查揆; 1770–1834), Qing dynasty poet
- Zha Fuxi (1895–1976), guqin player and scholar, aviator
- Zha Qian (查谦; 1896–1975), physicist, first president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Cha Liang-chao (1897–1982), Republic of China educator
- Cha Liang-chien (查良鑑; 1904–1994), Republic of China Minister of Justice, brother of Cha Liang-chao
- Cha Chi Ming (1914–2007), entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Mu Dan or Zha Liangzheng (1918–1977), poet
- Louis Cha Leung-yung or Zha Liangyong, Jin Yong (:zh:查良鏞; 1924–2018), wuxia novelist with over 100 million copies of his works sold worldwide
- Zha Quanxing (1925–2019), chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, son of Zha Qian
- Cha Mou Sing (查懋聲; 1943–2020), chairman of HKR International, son of Cha Chi Ming
- Zha Peixin (查培新; born 1946), Chinese ambassador to Canada and the United Kingdom
- Laura Cha (查史美倫, born 1949, original name Shih May-lung), Hong Kong businesswoman and politician, wife of Cha Mou Zing
- Cha Mou Zing (born 1950), vice-chairman of HKR International, son of Cha Chi Ming
- Zha Jianguo (查建国; born 1953), dissident, cofounder of the Democracy Party of China
- Cha Chuen Yee (查傳誼; born 1956), Hong Kong film director and producer
- Zha Jianying (born 1959), Chinese-American journalist and writer
- Hai Zi or Zha Haisheng (1964–1989), poet
- Zha Jie (born 1994), actor and model
Fictional characters
- Kate Cha/Dupli-Kate, an Image Universe superhero in the comic and television series Invincible
- Paul Cha/Multi-Paul, an Image Universe supervillain in the comic and television series Invincible