Editing Liu (section)

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{{See also|Liǔ|Liao (surname)||}}
{{Infobox surname
| name            = Liu
| image           = SurnameLiu.svg
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| caption         = Liú surname in [[traditional Chinese characters]]
| pronunciation   = Liú ({{IPAc-cmn|l|iu|2}}) <small>(Pinyin)</small><br/>Lau<small>4</small><br/>Lâu <small>([[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]])</small>
| language        = Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean 
| languageorigin  = [[Old Chinese]]
| origin          = 
| derivation      = 
| meaning         = 
| variant         = Liú <small>(Mandarin)</small><br/>Lau <small>(Cantonese, Hokkien)</small><br/>Lieu <small>(Shanghainese)</small><br/>Lưu <small>(Vietnamese)</small><br/>Yoo, Ryu <small>(Korean)</small><br/>Ryu <small>(Japanese)</small><br/>Liew <small>(Malaysia)</small>
| cognate         = 
| derivative      = 
| seealso         = [[Lưu]]<br/>[[Yoo (Korean surname)]]
| family          = 
}}
'''Liu''' ({{Lang-zh|s=刘|t=劉}}; {{IPAc-en|lj|ou}} or {{IPAc-en|lj|uː}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Liu Shaoqi|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/liu-shao-qi|website=Collins English Dictionary|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>) is an [[East Asia]]n surname. [[pinyin]]: {{lang|zh-Latn|Liú}} in [[Mandarin Chinese]], {{lang|zh-Latn|Lau<sup>4</sup>}} in [[Cantonese]]. It is the family name of the [[Han dynasty]] emperors. The character {{wikt-lang|zh|劉}} originally meant 'battle axe', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text [[Hundred Family Surnames]]. Today, it is the 4th most common surname in mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|date=23 June 2014|script-title=zh:张、王、李、赵谁最多—2010年人口普查姓氏结构和分布特点|url=http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5Njg5MjAwMg==&mid=200354543&idx=1&sn=29de013ce1896a8e78f9c0d774cd528a&scene=3#rd|publisher=China Statistics Bureau}}</ref><ref name="xinhua">{{cite news|date=2013-04-15|script-title=zh:最新版百家姓排行榜出炉：王姓成中国第一大姓|language=zh|trans-title=Latest surname ranking: Wang is the number one surname in China|newspaper=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2013-04/15/c_124579209.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415090720/http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2013-04/15/c_124579209.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2013|access-date=2013-11-21}}</ref>