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)

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In Cantonese transliteration, Liu is another Chinese name (廖 pinyin liao4).