鏐 (liú) - Liu — refers to fine gold & pure gold

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liú ｜ 19 strokes ｜ radical:

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鏐 · liú

Liu — refers to fine gold;

pure gold;

gold of high quality;

also used as a surname.

Liu — refers to fine goldpure goldgold of high quality

Usage highlights

Fine goldPure goldGold of high qualitySurname LiuQian LiuGold ornament

Synonyms

  • 金— gold (general term)
  • 纯金— pure gold

Antonyms

  • 铁— iron (base metal vs precious gold)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • This is fine gold jewelry (鏐金).
  • The surname Liu can be written with this character (刘鏐).
  • Ancient texts mention liu gold (鏐金) as the purest form.
  • The character appears in historical names (钱鏐).

Collocations

  • Fine gold(鏐金)
  • Pure gold(纯鏐)
  • Gold of high quality(上鏐)
  • Surname Liu(刘鏐)
  • Qian Liu(钱鏐)
  • Gold ornament(鏐饰)

Idioms

  • Fine gold and beautiful jade(鏐金美玉)
  • As pure as fine gold(如鏐之纯)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Historically used to denote the highest quality gold in ancient China.
  • Appears in the name of Qian Liu (钱鏐), founder of the Wuyue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
  • Used as a rare surname character, sometimes as a variant for the more common Liu (刘).

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