GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 85

毛

毛 is read as máo.

Pinyin

máo

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 毛

Basic meaning

hair; fur; small

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Western Zhou Mao state/fief tradition; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Mao fief traditions, commonly associated with today's Shaanxi or Henan region

Origin note

A major Mao surname tradition traces the surname to a Western Zhou Mao fief or small state connected with Zhou royal kin. Descendants used the fief name Mao as a surname.

Historical figures

毛泽东 (Mao Zedong)

1893-1976 CE · modern political leader

A central figure in twentieth-century Chinese history.

毛亨 (Mao Heng)

Han dynasty tradition · classical scholar

A classical scholar associated with the Mao tradition of the Book of Poetry.

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