What is the origin of the name Tencent?

The origin of the name Tencent:

In October 1998, Ma Huateng invited Zhang Zhidong to a coffee shop and began to concentrate on conceiving the name of the company to be registered. They both thought of Lucent Technologies, a well-known communications company at the time that was technology-oriented.

The company Ma Huateng worked for before was called Runxun, which also had the same sound as "Xun" and was also developing well. Xun means communication and information, and represents the company's future positioning and direction.

After finalizing the word "Xun", more than a dozen combinations of "Xun" appeared on the paper: Netxun, Feixun, and Tencent, with the excitement and dreams of entrepreneurs, and "Tencent" borrowed its own name The word "Teng" in . The word "Teng" also means taking off, developing, etc., so Tencent was chosen.

Tencent company introduction:

Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. was established in November 1998 by five founders: Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan, and Zeng Liqing** * Founded together, it is one of the largest comprehensive Internet service providers in China and one of the Internet companies with the largest number of service users in China.

Tencent’s diversified services include: social and communication services QQ and WeChat/WeChat, social network platform QQ Space, Tencent Games’ QQ game platform, portal website Tencent.com, Tencent news client and online video services Tencent Video, etc.