Chinese Character 劉 Meanings and components.

Form

劉

Meaning

劉 meaning[3] in English

Surname Liu.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 劉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𨥫) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with HCLN

How to write 劉

To write劉liu2surname Liu you should write a combination of 𨥫𨥫5 , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

𨥫 + 刂 = 劉

劉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 劉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 劉, looks as follow:

劉
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Liu
𨥫
Pinyin:𨥫5
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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