劉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 刀
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 刘
Variants: 刘

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liú
Cantonese: lau4
JapaneseKun: KOROSU
JapaneseOn: RU RYUU
Korean: LYU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: surname; kill, destroy

CE-Dict: surname Liu

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a Chinese family name
2.to kill

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【刀字部】劉
〔古文〕鎦𠭱【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤力求切，音留。【說文】殺也。【書·盤庚】重我民，無盡劉。【詩·周頌】勝殷遏劉。【左傳·成十三年】䖍劉我邊陲。又【爾雅·釋詁】劉，𨻰也。【疏】謂敷𨻰也。又【爾雅·釋詁】劉，㬥樂也。【疏】木枝葉稀疎不均爲㬥樂。【詩·大雅】捋采其劉。【毛傳】劉，爆爍而希也。又【爾雅·釋木】劉，劉杙。【註】劉子生山中。【疏】劉一名劉杙，其子可食。又姓。【韻會】凡二十五望，𠀤自陶唐氏劉累之後。又【集韻】力九切，留上聲。好也。又【集韻】龍珠切，音鏤。殺也。漢禮，立秋有貙劉。又【同文備考】作？？。

CF-Dict: (nom de famille)

Han-De-Dict: löschen, töten (u.E.) (V)/Liu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Liú, Familienname (u.E.)