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米 Mi — a rarer surname
78.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Mi |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Nature |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname from Central Asian Sogdian merchants, meaning 'rice'.
What the character means
Hulled grain or rice, suggesting abundance and simple sincerity.
Theme basis：米 = rice grain
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China51
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Mi Fu — Song dynasty calligrapher and painter (1051–1107), one of the Four Calligraphic Masters.
- Mi Youren — Son of Mi Fu, Southern Song painter and calligrapher, known for ink-wash landscapes and the 'Mi family style'.
- Mi Wanzhong — Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher and stone collector, descendant of Mi Fu, known for his eccentric style and garden design.
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