GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 446

木

木 is read as mù.

Pinyin

mù

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 木

Basic meaning

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Song-state Kong Jinfu / Zimu context; Duanmu / Wei-Lu scholarly lineage context; later Lijiang Naxi and other ethnic contexts treated separately.

Origin note

Mu/木 is kept as a multi-layer surname, not the wood element alone. The Han Chinese layers include Kong Jinfu / Zimu descendants taking the ancestor style-name element Mu, and Duanmu descendants shortening or changing the compound surname to Mu. Later sources add Baekje, Mongol Muhuali descendants, Naxi Mu chieftain history, and other ethnic surname layers. The page records these as separate traditions and does not claim a Song Baijiaxing line.

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