choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈 Hán Yù is also known as 韓昌黎 Hán Chānglí, where 韓 Hán is his surname and 昌黎 Chānglí is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡 jùn.)