DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

劉邦

简刘邦 · 繁劉邦

Mandarin · pinyin Liú Bāng

Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

劉: Look up this written character
邦: bāng · nation, country, state
刘: liú · surname; kill, destroy

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–1 · Liu2 Bang1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

劉邦 · find source passages ↗ · 刘邦 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗