Keyword
to kill
- to destroy
- surname
- Frequency
- #1499
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
liú100%
Mnemonic
刂 (knife) gives the meaning and 文 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
刘
(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
刘少奇
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
刘备
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
刘德华
Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
刘翔
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
刘邦
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
刘晓波
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八宪章 (LíngbāXiànzhāng), Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010
刘海
bangs; fringe (hair)
刘裕
Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 刘宋 (LiúSòng), broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝 (SòngWǔdì)
刘伯温
Liu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (ZhūYuánzhāng), with a reputation as a military genius, also known as Liu Ji 刘基 (LiúJī)
刘洋
Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
刘表
Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
刘云山
Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012
刘恒
Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 汉文帝; Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
刘公岛
Liugong island in the Yellow sea
刘安
Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 (Huáinánzi)
刘宋
Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
刘渊
Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (XīJìn), founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (ChéngHàn) (304–347)
刘禅
Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263; Taiwan pr. LiúChán
刘基
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 刘伯温 (LiúBówēn) (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (ZhūYuánzhāng), with a reputation as a military genius
刘毅
Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (XīJìn) (265-316); Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 东晋 (DōngJìn) (317-420)
刘禹锡
Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
刘心武
Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist
刘师培
Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist