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劉

“metal”·“knife”

劉 is a surname. It is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.

Chinese and Japanese and Korean and Vietnamese and unknownWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Liu.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

劉 is built from elements meaning “metal” and “knife”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

劉’s family of names

In Vietnamese usage, 劉 as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Liu. In Japanese usage, 劉 as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form LAU. In Japanese usage, 劉 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as RIU.

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劉RiuRyū刘Liu

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