These four surnames are: Gou, Du, Shi, and Cao. The main reason why it is difficult to name these four surnames is because the pronunciation of these four characters is very evil. No matter how you call them, they sound very evil. awkward. For example, there are some compound surnames in history that sound good together no matter what words they follow. That is because their pronunciation is good, and these four single words are because their meanings and pronunciation are not good. Therefore, it is not liked by others, resulting in fewer and fewer people with such a surname.
For example, the first word "gou" is pronounced the same as dog. Although dogs are very loyal animals, many humans also like dogs. They are lively and cute and can bring happiness to their owners. , but if you say to a person: You are a dog, you are a dog or something, it is like a curse word, so the surname Gou is very difficult to name. How many people like to hear others call themselves Gou? There must not be many people who have such a hobby.
Look at the second word, poison. This surname has some meaning of personal attack. Take Du Xiaoming, for example. Such a name sounds like poisoning others, and also sounds like others are scolding oneself. In other words, no matter how it is called, it still has some artificial attack meaning. The third word "death" is even more so. Ordinary people just like to say: you are a dead ghost, you are a dead person. This is obviously an ambiguous Chinese character, so many people don't like this surname.
This is especially true for the fourth word cao. This word is generally used to greet the elders or eighteenth-generation ancestors of people you hate. Such a word appearing in a name can easily trigger War, after all, no one wants to be scolded. In fact, these surnames have no other meanings, but after people's extension, they became less friendly, so these four surnames became unpopular surnames.