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