劉
See also: 刘
Translingual
Han character
劉 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹金中弓 (HCLN), four-corner 72100, composition ⿰𨥫刂)
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 39
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2224
- Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 359, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5289
Chinese
trad. | 劉 | |
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simp. | 刘 |
Glyph origin
Old Chinese | |
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卯 | *mruːʔ |
昴 | *mruːʔ |
泖 | *mruːʔ |
茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
聊 | *m·rɯːw |
貿 | *mlus |
鄮 | *mlus |
劉 | *m·ru |
留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
蒥 | *m·ru |
鶹 | *m·ru |
騮 | *m·ru |
榴 | *m·ru |
瑠 | *ru |
瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
遛 | *m·ru |
鎦 | *m·ru |
飀 | *m·ru |
鰡 | *m·ru |
嵧 | *m·ru |
餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
柳 | *m·ruʔ |
珋 | *m·ruʔ |
罶 | *m·ruʔ |
嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
溜 | *m·rus |
霤 | *m·rus |
廇 | *m·rus |
塯 | *m·rus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *m·ru) : phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ) + semantic 金 (“metal”) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).
Often written as 卯 (OC *mruːʔ) in the oracle bone script.
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is the surname related to the sense "to kill"?”)
Pronunciation
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Definitions
- † a type of battle axe
- † to kill; to slaughter
- 我王來,既爰宅于茲;重我民,無盡劉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Wǒ wáng lái, jì yuán zhái yú zī; zhòng wǒ mín, wú jìn liú. [Pinyin]
- Our king came, and fixed on this. He did so from a deep concern for our people, and did not wish to see them all being killed.
我王来,既爰宅于兹;重我民,无尽刘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Descendants
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
劉
Readings
Korean
Hanja
- Mostly used in surname
Vietnamese
Han character
- A Vietnamese family name
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