劉 (lau4 | liu2) : a Chinese surname

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劉

lau4

liu2

a Chinese surname

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

劉 / 刘

This word has been viewed 9834 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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劉海 lau4 hoi2 liu2 hai3 = bangs or fringes of hair

劉曉波 lau4 hiu2 bo1 liu2 xiao3 bo1 = Liu Xiaobo (name of dissident writer)

劉德華 lau4 dak1 waa4 liu2 de2 hua2 = Andy Lau

劉嘉玲 lau4 gaa1 ling4 liu2 jia1 ling2 = Carina Lau

劉備 lau4 bei6 liu2 bei4 = Liu Bei

劉家輝 lau4 gaa1 fai1 liu2 jia1 hui1 = Gordon Liu, Liu Chia-Hui

劉家良 lau4 gaa1 loeng4 liu2 jia1 liang2 = Lau Kar-leung, Liu Chia-liang

劉青雲 lau4 cing1 wan4 liu2 qing1 yun2 = Lau Ching Wan (a.k.a., Sean Lau)

劉虹嬅 lau4 hung4 waa4 liu2 hong2 hua2 = Ginny Liu

劉以達 lau4 ji5 daat6 liu2 yi3 da2 = Tats Lau

劉義軍 lau4 ji6 gwan1 liu2 yi4 jun1 = Liu Yijun

劉亦菲 lau4 jik6 fei2 liu2 yi4 fei3 = Liu Yifei (a.k.a., Crystal Liu)

劉諺明 lau4 jin6 ming4 liu2 yan4 ming2 = Ming

劉燁 lau4 jip6 liu2 ye4 = Liu Ye

劉若英 lau4 joek6 jing1 liu2 ruo4 ying1 = Rene Liu Ruo-Ying

劉玉玲 lau4 juk6 ling4 liu2 yu4 ling2 = Lucy Alexis Liu

劉玉婷 lau4 juk6 ting4 liu2 yu4 ting2 = Tiffany Liu

劉美君 lau4 mei5 gwan1 liu2 mei3 jun1 = Prudence Liew

劉錫明 lau4 sek3 ming4 liu2 xi1 ming2 = Canti Lau Sek Ming

劉小慧 lau4 siu2 wai6 liu2 xiao3 hui4 = Winnie Lau

劉雪華 lau4 syut3 waa4 liu2 xue3 hua2 = Liu Shue Hua

劉孜 lau4 zi1 liu2 zi1 = Liu Zi

劉致妤 lau4 zi3 jyu4 liu2 zhi4 yu2 = Shadow Liu (a.k.a., TEN TEN)

劉志遠 lau4 zi3 jyun5 liu2 zhi4 yuan3 = Lau Chi Yuen

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Decimal representation of this word: 劉
Unicode code for this character: U+5289 (off-site link)

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