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Liu
Liu
is a
Chinese family name
. Since the English transliteration depicts several
chinese characters
, liu represents family names with the following chinese chracaters.
劉
Pinyin
(liu2)
This family name is extremely popular. They were the ruling family of the
Han Dynasty
, the
Shu Kingdom[?]
in the Period of the
Three Kingdoms
, the
Han Zhao Kingdom[?]
and the
Xia Kingdom[?]
in the
Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms[?]
, the
Song Dynasty
of the
Southern Dynasties
, the
Later Han Dynasty[?]
and the
Northern Han Kingdom[?]
and the
Southern Han Kingdom[?]
of the
Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms
.
Prominent Liu's in their respective times, sorted chronologically:
Liu Bang
Liu Che[?]
Liu Xiang[?]
Liu Bei
Liu Yu[?]
Liu Wenjing[?]
, one of the advisors of
Tang Gao Zu[?]
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Huaqing
柳
Pinyin
(liu3)
Prominent Liu's in their respective times, sorted chronologically:
Liu Gongquan[?]
, a
poet
and
calligrapher[?]
留
Pinyin
(liu2)
六
Pinyin
(liu4)
In Cantonese transliteration, Liu is another Chinese name (廖
pinyin
liao4).
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