Given name & surname · Chinese · mul
麥
“buckwheat”
麥 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese.
Chinese and mulWritten in Chinese characters script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
麥 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m‑rə(k), meaning “buckwheat.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m‑rə(k) (“buckwheat”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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