刘

Translingual

Han character

刘 (radical 18 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜大中弓 (YKLN))

1. surname
2. kill, destroy
3. overcome, conquer

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 137, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1908
• Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 327, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5218

Cantonese

Hanzi

刘 (Yale lau4)

Japanese

Kanji

刘

Readings

• On: りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: ころす (korosu)

Korean

Hanja

刘 (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune-Reischauer ryu>yu)

• • Yale: lyu>yu

Mandarin

Proper noun

刘 (simplified, Pinyin Liú, traditional 劉)

1. A Chinese family name