Guan
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- For the group of cracid birds, see Guan (bird). For the wind instrument, see Guan (instrument).
Guan may refer to either of two Chinese family names (both rentered in Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in English as Kuan, Kwan, Quan, or Quon). The two names are as follows:
Guan (Chinese: 關/关; pinyin: guān; Wade-Giles: kuan1; literally "shut; close; barrier")
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Prominent people named Guān include:
- Guan Yu (關羽, 160 – 219 CE), general
- Guan Ping (關平,? – 219), Guan Yu's son
- Guan Hanqing (關漢卿, c. 1241 – 1320), playwright
- Nancy Kwan (關家蒨, b. 1939), Chinese-American actress
- Jade Kwan (關心妍, b. 1979), Cantopop singer
- Michelle Kwan (關穎珊, b. 1980), American competitive figure skater
Guan (Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn; Wade-Giles: kuan3; literally "pipe/tube/duct; a woodwind instrument; to manage/control")
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Prominent people named Guǎn include:
- Guan Zhong (管仲, ? – 645 BCE), Legalist philosopher and politician
