U+5218 "刘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

刘

U+5218 "刘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a surname, being one of the most common family names in China, often romanized as Liu. Its traditional form is 劉, and it is composed of a radical meaning "knife" or "sword" on the right side, which hints at its historical connection to actions like killing or destroying, though in modern usage it serves almost exclusively as a personal name. The character is widely used across various Chinese-speaking regions and appears in many historical and cultural contexts, including the name of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty.

General Properties

Code Point	U+5218
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	刘
HTML Hex Encoding	刘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x88 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x5218
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00005218
C/C++/Java Escape	\u5218

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	273422
kCNS1986	E-2327
kCNS1992	3-2327
kCangjie	YKLN
kCantonese	lau4
kCihaiT	178.401
kDaeJaweon	0309.190
kDefinition	surname; kill, destroy
kEACC	273422
kFennIndex	315.01
kFourCornerCode	0240
kGB0	3385
kHanYu	10327.130
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0309.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10327.130
kIRGKangXi	0137.301
kIRG_GSource	G0-4175
kIRG_JSource	J1-3337
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-37B2
kIRG_KSource	K2-245F
kIRG_TSource	T3-2327
kJapanese	リュウころす
kTGH	2013:517
kJapaneseKun	KOROSU
kJapaneseOn	RYUU
kJis1	1923
kKangXi	0137.301
kKorean	LYU
kLau	1819
kMainlandTelegraph	0491
kMandarin	liú
kMojiJoho	MJ007479
kMorohashi	01908
kPhonetic	781 870A
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21191+18.2.4 C+21191+67.4.2
kRSUnicode	18.4
kSemanticVariant	U+5289<kLau
kSimplifiedVariant	"刘" U+5218 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	57.10 280.06
kTGHZ2013	228.020:liú
kTotalStrokes	6
kTraditionalVariant	"刘" U+5218 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "劉" U+5289 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0724.040:liú