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劉

Simplified: 刘

liú ㄌㄧㄡˊ

    • a type of battle-ax

      classical

    • to kill
    • to slaughter
    • surname Liu

Other words read liú

In the same tone

  • 流 liú flow
  • 留 liú leave
  • 硫 liú sulfur
  • 瘤 liú tumor
  • 鎦 liú (chemistry) lutetium

All 15 words read liú

liu with other tones

  • 六 liù six
  • 柳 liǔ willow
  • 陸 liù six
  • 溜 liū slip away
  • 綹 liǔ skein

All 29 words read liu in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 劉

    部首 radical
    刂 a form of 刀
    笔画 strokes
    15, with 13 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    卯金刂
    形旁 meaning
    刂
    声旁 sound
    卯
    Practise writing 劉

    Trace 劉, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 劉

    Starting with 劉

    • 劉備 liúbèi 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
    • 劉少奇 liúshàoqí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
    • 劉邦 liúbāng Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖
    • 劉翔 liúxiáng Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
    • 劉裕 liúyù 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

    All 43 words starting with 劉

    Containing 劉

    • 漢文帝劉恆 hànwéndìliúhéng Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC

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