GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 96

莫

莫 is read as mò.

Pinyin

mò

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 莫

Basic meaning

do not; none; vast

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Zhou-period Mo state/place traditions; Zhou-period tradition, 1046-256 BCE

Place: Mo place traditions in the ancient central plains and northern China

Origin note

Mo surname traditions include ancient state or place-name explanations. Because transmitted sources vary on the precise locality, the page presents Mo as a Zhou-period place/state surname and keeps the basic meaning separate.

Historical figures

莫言 (Mo Yan)

born 1955 CE · novelist

A Nobel Prize-winning contemporary Chinese novelist.

莫友芝 (Mo Youzhi)

1811-1871 CE · Qing scholar

A Qing scholar known for textual and bibliographic work.

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