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琉

liú

Character

What 琉 means

1. precious stone

Other readings

琉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liúold variant of {琉|liú}
• liúold variant of {琉|liú}

Example sentences

• 国外都不好，帛琉也是。
  I hate every single other country. Even Palau.
• 在15世纪，琉球王国是中国帝国的附庸国。
  Zài 15 shìjì, Liúqiúwángguó shì Zhōngguó dìguó de fùyōng guó.
  During the 15th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state of Imperial China.

Words starting with 琉

• 琉璃liú licolored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object
• 琉璃瓦liú li wǎglazed roof tile
• 琉球Liú qiúRyūkyū; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛; Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏东县
• 琉特琴liú tè qín(loanword) lute
• 琉球国Liú qiú guóRyūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
• 琉球海Liú qiú HǎiRyūkyū Sea; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛
• 琉璃塔liú li tǎglazed pagoda
• 琉璃庙Liú lí miàoLiulimiao town in Beijing municipality
• 琉球王国Liú qiú wáng guóRyūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)
• 琉球群岛Liú qiú Qún dǎoRyukyu Islands; Okinawa 冲绳
• 琉璃苣liú lí jùborage (Borago officinalis)
• 琉球角鸮Liú qiú jiǎo xiāo(bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)
• 琉璃蓝鹟liú li lán wēng(bird species of China) Zappey's flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
• 琉球歌鸲Liú qiú gē qú(bird species of China) Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori)

Words containing 琉

• 阿喀琉斯Ā kā liú sīAchilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the…
• 帛琉Bó liú(Taiwan) Palau

Characters built on 㐬

These share the phonetic component 㐬 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 硫liúsulfur (chemistry)
• 旒liútassel

Characters that look like 琉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 毯tǎnblanket; rug
• 烷wánalkane
• 揉róuto knead; to massage; to rub
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 流to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 浏clear; deep (of water); swift
• 刘(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
• 瘤tumor
• 榴pomegranate
• 遛used in 逗遛
• 硫sulfur (chemistry)
• 馏to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 骝bay horse with black mane
• 旒tassel
• 镏(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium