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Chinese surname · rank 416

糜

糜 is read as mí.

Pinyin

mí

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 糜

Basic meaning

rice gruel, congee; mashed rice

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Chu sphere around Dangyang and Nan commandery / Jiangling traditions; Beihai / Donghai later distribution for the Mi Zhu family; Ruyang and Nanyang migration notes

Origin note

Mi/糜 is a layered surname and should not be reduced to the food word rice gruel. One source-backed layer connects it with Mi or Mi/麋 state and locality traditions in the Chu sphere, including Mi pavilion in Nan commandery. Another layer says descendants of a Chu official named Mi used his name as a surname. Other surname books preserve grain-name or old Mi-state explanations. The page records these as parallel traditions rather than forcing one exclusive origin.

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