Chinese surname · rank 158
梅
梅 is read as méi.
Pinyin
méi
Script forms
Simplified and traditional 梅
Basic meaning
plums; prunes
Five element
Earth
Origin
Time: Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE
Place: Mei Bo or Mei fief tradition; exact ancient fief site is not pinned by the attached sources.
Origin note
Mei is commonly explained through an ancient Mei Bo or Mei fief tradition. Because the biographical details are transmitted as later surname lore, the page should keep them as traditional accounts rather than direct proof of one single founder.
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