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{{about|the name|the Chinese term for "fist" ({{lang|zh|拳}}), used to identify schools of unarmed martial arts|Chinese martial arts|other uses|Quan (disambiguation)}}

'''Quán''' is the [[Pinyin]] [[romanization]] of the [[Chinese family name]]s {{linktext|權}}/{{linktext|权}} and {{linktext|全}}, as well as a customary spelling of {{linktext|關}} (pinyin: [[Guān]]). All written forms of the name are rare enough that they do not appear in the list of the [[List of common Chinese surnames|100 most common Chinese surnames]].

== 權 ==
{{See also|Quan (state)|Quan Deyu|Kwon}}

'''Quan''' ({{zh|t={{linktext|權}}|s=权|p=Quán|first=t}}) is a [[Chinese surname]]. A notable with the surname Quan surname was [[Quan Deyu]], who was born in 759 during the reign of [[Emperor Suzong of Tang|Emperor Suzong]]. His family claimed to descend from the [[Later Qin]] official [[Quan Yi]] (權翼). His family tree was from the [[Sui dynasty]] official Quan Rong (權榮).

During the [[Shang dynasty]], the Quan family founded the [[Quan (state)|state of Quan]] (權國). In the [[Chu (state)|state of Chu]], the Xiong family lived in Quan County (權縣), and took the surname Quan.

== 全 ==
{{See also|Jeon (Korean name)}}
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'''Quan''' ({{zh|c={{linktext|全}}|p=Quán}}), is a [[Chinese family name]]. [[Liang (surname)|Liang]] and [[Yang (surname)|Yang]] in alternative [[mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] are other spellings. The character 全 is rendered as '''Jeon''' in [[Korean language|Korean]] and is one of several [[Chinese characters]] for the common Korean [[Jeon (Korean name)|surname Jeon]] (Chun). The character 全 is rendered as [[:vi:Toàn (họ)|'''Toàn''']] in Vietnamese. The name is spelled '''Chuan''' in Taiwan, based on the [[Wade–Giles]] romanization system. [[Quan Cong]] was a military general of [[Eastern Wu]] during the [[Three Kingdoms]], while [[Quan Huijie]] (全惠解) the [[Empress Quan Huijie|Empress Quan]] (全) was empress of Eastern Wu.

The Quan (全) family was founded with this public, official name. During ancient times, Quandi (全地) was the old regional name, where people would get the surname Quan (全). The [[Yuan dynasty]] and Wan Quan (万全) are [[nomadic people]], who get the surname Quan (全) with their given name.

== 關 ==  
{{main article|Guān}}

'''Quan''' ({{zh|t={{linktext|關}}}}) is the [[Sino-Vietnamese reading]] of the Chinese surname spelled [[Guān]] in Pinyin, as well as a customary non-systemic spelling of its pronunciation in different [[varieties of Chinese]] (including Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hakka). The spelling Quan can be found among [[overseas Chinese]] communities in Vietnam and Anglophone countries. In Hong Kong, the same surname is more commonly spelled [[Kwan (surname)|Kwan]], while people in Taiwan often use the [[Wade-Giles]] spelling Kuan.

== Notable people with the surname ==

* [[Quan Lei]] (權), Chinese footballer
* [[Quan Yi Fong]] (權), Taiwanese actress
* [[Quan Hansheng]] (全), Chinese economic historian
* [[Quan Hongchan]] (全), Chinese diver
* [[Jean Quan]] (關), American politician
* [[Ke Huy Quan]] (關), American actor and stunt coordinator
* [[Andy Quan]], Canadian author living in Sydney, Australia
* [[Dionne Quan]], American voice actress
* [[Donald Quan]], Canadian composer of film and world music
* [[Katie Quan]], American labor organizer and researcher
* [[Tracy Quan]], American writer and former call girl

== Notable people with the given name or nickname==

* [[Quan (rapper)]], American rapper
* [[Quan Bray]], American football player
* [[Quan Martin]], American football player
* [[Quan Sturdivant]], American football player
* [[Quan Yeomans]], Australian musician
* [[Rich Homie Quan]], American rapper

== Prominent fictional characters with the name ==
* [[Evelyn Quan Wang]], the main character of the Oscar-winning 2022 film ''Everything Everywhere All At Once''
* [[List of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu characters#Quan|Quan]], a playable character in Generation I from ''[[Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu]]''. The prince of Leonster, father of Leif and Altena, husband of Ethlyn, and brother-in-law of Sigurd
* [[Quan Chi]], a sorcerer in [[Mortal Kombat]]

==See also==
*[[Quanrong]], an ethnic group of northwestern China during the Zhou dynasty
*[[List of common Chinese surnames]]
*[[List of common Taiwanese surnames]]
*[[Quan (disambiguation)]]

== External links ==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.singapore/browse_thread/thread/fcc6b4edbbfddb02/7f0e3b1715d5a654?lnk=st&q=#7f0e3b1715d5a654 Story of the Name Quan] at Google groups soc.culture.singapore

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