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All around the world, 忠 (忠 , Tong , Chung , among others...) is a widespread principally masculine, but scarcely feminine given name. The forename 忠 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Hong Kong, where it is a common unisex name, Macao, and China, where it is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely feminine name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Also, 忠 is the last name as well as the forename.
忠 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Li Zhong , the Water Margin character; Xiang Chong , the Water Margin character; Jiang Zhong , the Water Margin character; Bao Zhong , the fictional human in "The Romance of Three Kingdoms", Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Jing Zhong , the Jin Ping Mei character, among other works.