Zha (surname)
Zha is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Cha in Wade–Giles. Zha is listed 397th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 176th most common surname in China, shared by 680,000 people. It was originated as a branch of the Jiang surname. Zha was originally the name of a district in modern-day Shandong province.Notable people
- Zha Jizuo, Ming and Qing dynasty scholar
- Zha Shibiao, Ming and Qing dynasty landscape painter
- Zha Sheng, Qing dynasty calligrapher
- Zha Shenxing, Qing dynasty poet
- Zha Sili, Qing dynasty scholar, brother of Zha Shenxing
- Zha Siting, Qing dynasty scholar-official, victim of the literary Inquisition, brother of Zha Shenxing
- Zha Weiren, Qing dynasty poet
- Zha Kui, Qing dynasty poet
- Zha Fuxi, guqin player and scholar, aviator
- Zha Qian, physicist, first president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Cha Liang-chao, Republic of China educator
- Cha Liang-chien, Republic of China Minister of Justice, brother of Cha Liang-chao
- Cha Chi Ming, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Mu Dan or Zha Liangzheng, poet
- Jin Yong or Zha Liangyong, wuxia novelist
- Zha Quanxing, chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, son of Zha Qian
- Cha Mou Sing, chairman of HKR International, son of Cha Chi Ming
- Zha Peixin, Chinese ambassador to Canada and the United Kingdom
- Laura Cha, Hong Kong businesswoman and politician, wife of Cha Mou Zing
- Cha Mou Zing, vice-chairman of HKR International, son of Cha Chi Ming
- Zha Jianguo, dissident, cofounder of the Democracy Party of China
- Cha Chuen Yee, Hong Kong film director and producer
- Zha Jianying, Chinese-American journalist and writer
- Hai Zi or Zha Haisheng, poet
- Zha Jie, actor and model
