U+5218 "刘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10327.130
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
kSMSZD2003Index
57.10 280.06
kTGHZ2013
228.020:liú
kTotalStrokes
6
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
G
kXHC1983
0724.040:liú