See also:
U+5289, 劉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5289

[U+5288]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+528A]
U+F9C7, 劉
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C7

[U+F9C6]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9C8]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 18, +13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹金中弓 (HCLN), four-corner 72100, composition 𨥫)

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 39
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2224
  • Dae Jaweon: page 325, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 359, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5289

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𠞑
𠟁
𡭀
𠭱
 
Wikipedia has articles on:

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *m·ru): phonetic (OC *mruːʔ) + semantic (metal) + semantic (knife).

Often written as (OC *mruːʔ) in the oracle bone script.

Etymology edit

kill, slaughter
Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Tedim Chin gou⁵³ / gɔʔ¹¹ < rouh / rɔʔ/h (Schuessler, 2007).
battle-axe
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From sense "kill, slaughter"?”)
surname
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From sense "battle-ax"? Compare 粵/越 "Yue peoples, state of Yue" from 戉 "battle-ax"”)
Two origins are recorded: from 劉累 Liú Lěi, descendant of Emperor Yao and dragon-keeper of King Kong Jia of Xia; and from the Liu state (劉國) ruled by Duke Kang of Liu, younger brother of King Ding of Zhou.

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • lâu - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • liû - literary.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (136)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter ljuw
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /lɨu/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /liu/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /liəu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /luw/
    Li
    Rong
    /liu/
    Wang
    Li
    /lĭəu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /li̯ə̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    liú
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    lau4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    liú
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ ljuw ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mə-ru/
    English kill; surname

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8881
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*m·ru/

    Definitions edit

    1. (obsolete) a type of battle axe
    2. (obsolete) to kill; to slaughter
    3. (obsolete) to conquer
    4. (obsolete) to wither
    5. () State of Liu during the Zhou dynasty
    6. a surname
        ―  Liú Bāng  ―  Liu Bang (founding emperor of the Han Dynasty)
        ―  Liú Shàoqí  ―  Liu Shaoqi (Chinese revolutionary, politician and theorist)

    Compounds edit

    See also edit

    Descendants edit

    • English: Liu, Lau
    • Tagalog: Lao

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. axe
    2. kill

    Readings edit

    Proper noun edit

    Kanji in this term
    りゅう
    Jinmeiyō
    on’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    (rare)

    (りゅう) (Ryū

    1. a surname from Chinese

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 죽일 (jugil ryu), South Korea 죽일 (jugil yu))

    1. Hanja form? of / (to kill).

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: Lưu

    1. chữ Hán form of Lưu (a surname from Chinese.).