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Meaning of 劉

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(Simplified: 刘)
Pinyin: liú
English Definition: surname Liu; (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
Chinese Definition:
①姓氏。
Total strokes: 15; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (knife) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • Above to below
      • [ mǎo ] 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.
      • [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
    • [ dāo ] knife
Example Words
劉伯溫 liú wēn Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , with a reputation as a military genius; also called Liu Ji 刘基
劉備 liú bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
劉光第 liú guāng Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
劉公島 liú gōng dǎo Liugong island in the Yellow sea
劉向 liú xiàng Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
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Example Sentences
1
Doctor Liu is on call at all times.
2
People like Liu are trying to change the situation.
3
访
It was his technology and plant that we visited with Dr. Liu in Shanghai.
4
"I could sense that they were measuring me with their eyes," said Liu.
5
That night, Liu failed to come home, something that had never happened before.