Posted by ruitao (12.208.83.94) on September 12, 2003 at 16:32:48:
In Reply to: Origins of my Chinese surname... posted by Xi Guo Feng on August 30, 2003 at 11:07:24:
Your surname "��", one of the entries in the Hundred Family Surnames, is actually a rare literary term whose meaning is more or less the same as ϲ (no two characters in Chinese are EXACTLY the same -- even variant characters differ in contexual usage). Thus, �� is most often used with �� (le2) to mean "joyous".
I suspect that ���� may refer to cultural aspects such as national heritage or national customs. With that being said, the entirety of your name means "Joyous Customs of the Nation".