Qiú

For other similarly pronounced Chinese surnames, see Qiū (surname).

Qiú is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of 仇かたき (Qiú) and 裘 (Qiú).

仇かたき (Qiú)

There are three sources for the ancestry of 仇かたき:

1. A Xia vassal by the name of Jiuwu (九きゅう吾われ) established the state of Jiu (九きゅう), but it was destroyed by King Zhou of Shang in the Shang dynasty. To escape prosecution, the descendants of Jiuwu appended the 人じん ("person") radical to 九きゅう (Jiu), thus creating the surname 仇かたき.
2. In the Spring and Autumn period, Duke Min of Song (宋そう湣公) was murdered by his subordinate Nangong Wan (南宮なんぐう萬まん). The minister Zi Qiumu (子こ仇かたき牧まき) sought revenge but was also killed by Nangong Wan. Zi Qiumu's descendants then took the first character of his name, Qiu 仇かたき, to be their surname.
3. In Northern Wei, a Hou Luoqi (侯ほう洛らく齊ひとし) of Zhongshan was adopted by the Qiu clan, and thus changed his surname from Hou to Qiu. He rose in ranks due to his military endeavours, and the Qiu clan became prosperous at the time.

Prominent people with the surname

• Qiu Ying (仇かたき英えい), Chinese painter
• Qiu Zhaobie (仇かたき兆ちょう鳌), Ming-Qing Scholar
• Qiu Qiongying (仇かたき瓊英)
• Qiu He (仇かたき和わ)

裘 (Qiú)

Prominent people with the surname

• Qiu Xigui (裘锡圭けい), Chinese historian, palaeographer
• Qiu Xiaolong (裘小龙), Chinese-American author

See also

• Chinese name
• Qiū (surname) (丘おか, 邱 and 秋あき)
• Khoo - the surname Qiu, pronounced in Fujian dialect
• Chiu - romanized version of Qiu
• Khuu - In Vietnam, this surname is written in Quoc Ngu