Chinese Character Wiki
刘

liú

surname

Original meaning: 

type of battle axe

Simplified form of 劉. Phonosemantic compound. 卯 represents the sound and 金 and 刂 represent the meaning. Based on the original meaning "battle-axe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
文 simplified component

文  Simplified component

wén

  

writing

Shorthand for the left side of the traditional character 劉.

刂 meaning component

刂  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

刘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
刘 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
刘 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
刘 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

刘 (劉) 

liú

surname; kill, destroy; (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter

刘 (劉) 

Liú

surname Liu

Most common words with 刘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

刘

surname Liu

刘翔

Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games

刘海

bangs

刘德华

Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

刘少奇

Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

浏

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5537% of movies

2434th most common character in movies

751st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

劉

Unicode

U+5218


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