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穆 Mu — a rarer surname
61.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Mu |
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| Strokes | 16 |
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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 of the Southern Xiongnu and later northern nobility.
What the character means
gentle and respectful
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 China40
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write40
16 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
- Mu Guiying — Legendary Song dynasty female general, heroine of the Yang family tales.
- Mu Xiu — Northern Song prose master, advocated ancient-style prose, opposed ornate parallel style, influential in literary reform.
- Mu Shiying — Modern Chinese novelist, representative of the New Sensibility School in 1930s, known for urban themes and avant-garde style.
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