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柳 Liu — a rarer surname
68.5 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Liu |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'willow', linked to the graceful beauty of Chinese poetry.
What the character means
willow — grace and adaptability
Classical source：《诗经·小雅·采薇》
Why it scores this way
Easy to say91
Mostly easy. The only friction is iu, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China40
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Liu Zongyuan — Tang dynasty writer (773–819), master of essays and one of the 'Eight Great Prose Masters'.
- Liu Gongquan — Tang dynasty calligrapher, master of regular script, co-founder of the Yan-Liu style with Yan Zhenqing.
- Liu Yong — Song dynasty poet, representative of the graceful school, known for widely popular ci-poems.
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