The traditional "Liu" is derived from the golden glyph of the character "Liu". But it has also changed - it has become a left-right structure: on the left is the combination of "Mao" on the top and "Jin" on the bottom; on the right, the "hand" has been replaced by "dao", which has become the meaning of Congmao, Congjin and Congdao. As shown below:
Liu, pronounced as liú or liǔ, was first seen in oracle bone inscriptions or official script. The original meaning is to kill, but later it was extended to indicate weapons such as axes and axes. It is also used as a surname.
"Shuowen Jiezi" was probably lost because it avoided the taboo of the Han emperor Liu's surname. However, there are characters with "Liu" as the radical and the character "鐂" is not found in historical biographies. According to Xu Kai It is inferred that the traditional "Liu" was mistaken for "田" due to the curved "dao" (刂) and was mistaken for "邂".
There are many words composed of the word Liu, such as Liu Lu, Liu Du, Qian Liu, Liu Ji, Yin Liu, Yi Liu, Qian Liu, Liu Xiang, Xu Liu, Ying Liu, etc.
Extended information:
1. Evolution of glyphs
"Liu" was originally a pictographic character, but later developed into a knowing and pictographic character. The oracle bone inscription "Liu", on the left is a pictogram of an animal that looks like a big bird, also like an artistic person; on the right is a pictogram of a knife, which means "to stab an animal or a person with a knife", which is an intuitive expression. The original meaning of the word "Liu" is revealed - killing.
At the stage of development in bronze inscriptions, the shape of the character "Liu" has undergone great changes - from the original pictographic character to a knowing and pictographic character: above is the character "卯", whose original meaning is "Separation of the fetus from the placenta" can be extended to mean "separate", "tear", "kill", etc. It is also pronounced here.
The left half below is "gold", which originally means "metal", here it represents weapons or weapons; the right half below is "hand", which here means "holding with hands". The combination of the three means "killing with weapons in hand", which is the original meaning of the word "Liu".
The character "Liu" in the Xiaozhuan stage is written as "邂". It is a golden-shaped pictophonetic character with a sound, which is found in "Shuowen Jiezi". Later, the word developed into "鏏" from "鏏金".
The character "Liu" in official script and regular script continued to evolve on the basis of the second structure: "dao" was changed to "刂".
2. Word analysis
1. Liu Lu
1) Pinyin: liú lú
2) Interpretation: Liu Kun in Jin Dynasty ?, the combination of Lu Chen.
2. Liu Du
1) Pinyin: liú dù
2) Interpretation: In the late Ming Dynasty, Liu Wei and Juniper were both called together.
3. Qian Liu
1) Pinyin: qián liú
2) Definition: Refers to robbery, killing, and harassment.
4. Liu Ji
1) Pinyin: liú jī
2) Definition: Military strategist, politician and writer in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty Founding Fathers.
5. Yin Liu
1) Pinyin: yīn liú
2) Definition: The combined name of Yin Hao and Liu Xun in the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Yin Jingren and Liu in the Southern Song Dynasty The combination of Zhan.
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