劉

See also: 刘

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 卯 + semantic 金 (“metal”) + semantic 刂 (“knife”)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

劉 (Yale lau4)

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Japanese

Kanji

劉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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Mandarin

simpl.		刘
trad.		劉

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin Liú Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄡˊ IPA (key) /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Proper noun

劉 (traditional, Pinyin Liú, simplified 刘)

1. A Chinese family name

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Middle Chinese

Han character

劉 (*liou)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

劉 (POJ lâu (lau⁵))

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: lao

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Vietnamese

Han character

劉 (Lưu)

1. A Vietnamese family name