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劉 = 刀 + 金 + 刂

劉 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “surname”. It is built from 刀 (knife), 金 (gold) and 刂 (knife). It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword
surname
Pinyin (Mandarin)
liú
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
фамилия
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
劉 slaughter

Decomposition

ids

  1. 刀 knife
  2. 金 gold
  3. 刂 knife

Characters that contain 劉

How to find 劉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “knife” + “gold” + “knife”. 劉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 劉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.