劉

See also: 刘

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 卯 + semantic 金 + semantic 刂

Original meaning was "to kill."

Han character

劉 (radical 18 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹金中弓 (HCLN), four-corner 7210₀)

1. a surname
2. kill, destroy
3. overcome, conquer

References

• KangXi: page 144, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2224
• Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 359, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5289

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Chinese

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trad.		劉
simp.		刘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: liu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu
    • Tâi-lô: lâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (劉, reconstructed)
Character (劉), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 力求切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɨu/	/li̯ə̯u/	/liu/	/liu/	/luw/	/lĭəu/	/liəu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (劉, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
劉								liú								‹ ljuw ›								/*mə-ru/								kill; surname
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
劉					8881					卯					幽					1					劉					/*m·ru/

Proper noun

劉 (traditional, Pinyin Liú)

1. A surname​.

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: lao

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Japanese

Kanji

劉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. axe
2. kill

Readings

• On: る (ru), りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: ころ (koro)

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Korean

Hanja

劉 (ryu, yu) (hangeul 류, 유, revised ryu, yu, McCune-Reischauer ryu, yu, Yale lyu, yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

劉 (Lưu)

1. A Vietnamese family name