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liǔ
  1. 1.old variant of 柳[liǔ]
liǔ
  1. 1.old variant of 柳[liǔ]
Liǔ
  1. 1.surname Liu
liǔ
  1. 1.willow

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.willow, a member of the genus Salix
  2. 2.fillet
  3. 3.(Chinese astronomy) Willow mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  4. 4.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *m·ruʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ) in oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions. Later 桺 (semantic 木 + phonetic 丣 (OC *luʔ)) in small seal script. The glyph finally turned back to 木 (mù) + 卯 (mǎo) in the current form. Smith (2011) reconstructs *[m-]ruʔ, with volitional or agentic prefix *m- (see Sagart, 1999) and root verb 流 (OC r(j)u) "to flow", resulting in *m-ruu "(cause to flow >) pour out, empty". If unprefixed, 柳 means "the flowing one"; if prefixed, "the pouring one". Recall English weeping willow.

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