The origin of word formation
Liu, this used to be a murderous Chinese character!
It's a pictophonetic character, from gold, from knife, and three (yǒu) sounds. Original meaning: kill, slaughter. The Biography of Confucius said: "Liu, kill also." "Shuo Wen Jie Jin Zi Bu" explains: "Smyrna (ancient six sons) killed also. Leave the gold, leave a sound. "Er Ya Shi Shu Shang" also said: "Liu, kill also."
Why the original meaning of the word Liu is "killing" comes from the fact that "Liu" originally refers to a weapon (axe). "Book" says: "One person is crowned, holding Liu, standing in Dongtang." "Liu Zhi" here means holding a weapon in his hand. Later, Liuzi was extended as a verb to "kill".
The origin of surnames
Liu is one of the surnames in China, and now it is mainly used as a surname.
Liu surname, the earliest Liu surname originated from Yao's descendant Liu Lei, so Liu Lei is the ancestor of Liu surname.
By 20 13, Liu's population is nearly 70 million, accounting for 5.34% of the national population, ranking fourth in the world after Wang, Li and Zhang. In the history of China, Liu was the surname with the largest number of emperors. As many as 66 people claim to be kings.
Liu successively established the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the former Zhao Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Han Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Northern Han Dynasty and the Daqi Dynasty. * * * lasted for more than 650 years, and it was the longest surname of China feudal dynasty. Since ancient times, Liu Tianxia and Li hold up half the sky.
There are two main views on the etymology of Liuzi, except that some people think that Maozi is the original word of Liuzi, which is derived from Maozi and Fu Yijin.
First of all, the variant characters of Liuzi were found for the first time in Shuowen Jiezi, but Liuzi has not been found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen.
The left side of the word "Liu" in seal script is "gold" (face material), and the right side is composed of the upper half of the word "Mao" (face) and the lower half of the word "Dao", or the word "Dao" is changed to "Tian" to make "Zhu". In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "Mao" means murder in two ways.