Liu

Liu is a Chinese family name. Since the English transliteration depicts several chinese characters, liu represents family names with the following chinese chracaters.

• 劉 Pinyin (liu2)

This family name is extremely popular. They were the ruling family of the Han Dynasty, the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms, the Han Zhao Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, the Later Han Dynasty and the Northern Han Kingdom and the Southern Han Kingdom of the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.

Prominent Liu's in their respective times, sorted chronologically:

• Liu Bang
• Liu Che
• Liu Bei
• Liu Yu
• Liu Wen Jing, one of the advisors of Tang Gao Zu

• 柳 Pinyin (liu3)

Prominent Liu's in their respective times, sorted chronologically:

• Liu Gong Quan, a poet and calligrapher

• 留 Pinyin (liu2)

• 六 Pinyin (liu4)