刘(liú)

HSK 7-96 strokesTrad. 劉

surname Liu

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Character information

Pinyin
liú
Meaning
surname Liu
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
劉

Origin & structure

Where 刘 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰文刂

In this compound, the meaning comes from 刂 (knife); 文 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

文wén刂dāo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 刘 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 刘

Common words using 刘 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

liú刘bèi备

Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the…

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liú刘xiàng向

Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author

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liú刘jī基

Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the f…

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liú刘gōng公dǎo岛

Liugong island in the Yellow sea

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liú刘shǎo少qí奇

Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution

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liú刘dé德huá华

Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

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liú刘yáng洋

Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)

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liú刘yǔ禹xī锡

Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet

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