liú

surname Liu; to kill; to slaughter

#751

Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 751st character
Radical ⼑ (18.4)
Strokes 6
Index # 517
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

刘 liú
  1. 1. surname Liu
  2. 2. to kill
  3. 3. to slaughter
  4. 4. (classical) a type of battle-ax

Stroke order

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Words containing 刘

Word Meaning
Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
Liu Xu, historian and writer of Old Book of Tang
Liu Xiaobo, Chinese writer and rights activist
Ferdinand Hallerstein, Jesuit at Qing court
Liu Yi, a Chinese personal name
a Chinese name; Liu Yang, first woman astronaut
Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
ancient book of ghost-taught medical recipes
Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西xī jìn, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms chéng hàn (304-347)
Liu Xi, Eastern Han scholar
Liu Shan, emperor of Shu Han; Liu Bei’s son
Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
Liu Yiqing, Chinese writer of the 5th century
Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
Liu Yu, founder of Liu Song dynasty
Liu Guijin, Chinese diplomat on African affairs
Liu Binyan, Chinese journalist and dissident
Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty
Liu Jinbao
Liu Yunshan, Chinese politician
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
Liu E, Qing writer of novel Lao Can Youji
Emperor Wu of Liu Song, founder of dynasty
Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng