刘

See also: 劉

刘 U+5218, 刘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5218 ← 列 [U+5217] CJK Unified Ideographs 则 → [U+5219]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𰂁, 𭇯, 𦀑, 𩗌, 𠡖, 𰇞
• 浏, 𰑙, 𱃙, 𰰹 (Simplified forms of 瀏, 懰, 䬟, 藰 respectively)

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 劉 (𨥫 → 文)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 刘 – see 劉 (“a type of battle axe; to kill; to slaughter; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 劉).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

刘

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 劉

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: ころす (korosu, 刘す)