# 刘 U+5218 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5218

A Chinese character meaning “surname; kill, destroy”, read liú in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `刘` |
| Codepoint | U+5218 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5218 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `刘` `刘` |
| CSS | `\5218` |
| JavaScript | `\u5218` |
| UTF-8 | E5 88 98 |
| UTF-16 | 5218 |
| Definition | surname; kill, destroy |
| Mandarin | liú |
| Cantonese | lau4 |
| Japanese | RYUU KOROSU |
| Korean | LYU |

## Related characters

- 列 [U+5217 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5217](https://unicodekit.com/char/5217)
- 则 [U+5219 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5219](https://unicodekit.com/char/5219)
- 刖 [U+5216 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5216](https://unicodekit.com/char/5216)
- 刚 [U+521A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521A](https://unicodekit.com/char/521A)
- 刕 [U+5215 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5215](https://unicodekit.com/char/5215)
- 创 [U+521B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521B](https://unicodekit.com/char/521B)
- 刔 [U+5214 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5214](https://unicodekit.com/char/5214)
- 刜 [U+521C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521C](https://unicodekit.com/char/521C)
- 刓 [U+5213 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5213](https://unicodekit.com/char/5213)
- 初 [U+521D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521D](https://unicodekit.com/char/521D)
- 划 [U+5212 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5212](https://unicodekit.com/char/5212)
- 刞 [U+521E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521E](https://unicodekit.com/char/521E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5218 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5218