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牟 Mou — a rarer surname
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| Pinyin | Mou |
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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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Where the surname comes from
A surname from the ancient state of Mou, in today's Shandong.
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 China45
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
- Mou Zongsan — Philosopher (1909–1995), leading figure of New Confucianism.
- Mou Chang — Eastern Han classical scholar, known for his commentary on the Book of Documents (Shangshu Zhangju) and his many disciples.
- Mou Ting — Qing dynasty scholar, expert in Confucian classics and epigraphy, author of Tongwen Shangshu and Shiqie.
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