劉

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Proper noun 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Hanzi 7.1.1 Descendants 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

劉 (Yale lau4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

劉

[edit] Readings

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

• • Yale: lyu>yu

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[edit] Mandarin

simplified	刘
traditional	劉

[edit] Proper noun

劉 (traditional, Pinyin Liú, simplified 刘)

1. A Chinese family name

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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劉 (*liou)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

劉 (POJ Lâu)

[edit] Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Filipino: Lao

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

劉 (Lưu)

1. A Vietnamese family name