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Around the globe, 競 (競 , Jìng ) is a rare epicene first name. The forename 競 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, 競 is the last name as well as the forename.
競 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Guo Jing , the character in wuxia fiction, The Fulangs kamfoungs; Li Jing , the a figure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion, Journey to the West; Jia Jing , the Dream of the Red Chamber character and Jiang Jing , the Fictional character in the Chinese novel ''Water Margin''.