刘
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(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 刀 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 刘
- Common rank
- #1,579
- Unicode
- U+5218
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
Liu · Heisig RSH #2712
Highlander + saber
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 刘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刘天华 | Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer | |
| 刘心武 | Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist | |
| 刘德华 | Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor | |
| 刘云山 | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of t… | |
| 刘公岛 | Liugong island in the Yellow sea | |
| 刘金宝 | Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed after being con… | |
| 刘青云 | Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor | |
| 刘光第 | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of … | |
| 刘海 | bangs; fringe (hair) | |
| 刘安 | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子… | |
| 刘伯温 | Liu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 z… | |
| 刘基 | Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1] (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emper… | |
| 汉文帝刘恒 | Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC | |
| 刘少奇 | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution | |
| 刘宋时代 | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing | |
| 刘义庆 | Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account o… | |
| 刘表 | Liu Biao (142-208), warlord | |
| 刘洋 | Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012) | |
| 刘涓子鬼遗方 | Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼 | |
| 刘厚总 | Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for … |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 文 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文 sound part | culture, literature, writing | |
| 纹 | line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle | |
| 蚊 | mosquito, gnat | |
| 坟 | grave, mound, bulge; bulging | |
| 汶 | a river in Shandong province | |
| 忞 | to psych up; to steel one's nerves | |
| 紊 | tangled; confused, disordered | |
| 玟 | gem, jade-like stone | |
| 炆 | to simmer, to cook over a slow fire | |
| 雯 | cloud patterns; storm clouds |