Kanji Detail for 劉 - "kill, arrange, axe"

劉

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
劉 means "kill, arrange, axe."
1. Kill - To slay; to destroy (archaic).
2. Arrange - To line up; to organize.
3. Axe - A cutting weapon.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

weapon of war; logging axe; kill en masse; peeling (paint off a wall, etc); sparse; faded

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

surname; kill, destroy

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Liu

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to kill, to destroy; surname

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To kill. Also written as 鐂. Originally written as ⿰⿱丣金刂. Upper left from 丣, the ancient character for 酉 of 申酉. Now commonly written from 卯.
Onyomi

ru(ル)

ryuu(リュウ)
Kunyomi

koro.su(ころ-す)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

刀刂 (katana・ritto)
Related Keywords
kill arrange axe connect join slay destroy weapon cutting sever surname dynasty heritage