刘备

Traditional form:

劉備

Pinyin (reading):

Liú Bèi

Definitions:

• Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢／蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty

Characters:

• 刘 - to kill, to destroy; surname
• 备 - to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect

Traditional characters:

• 劉 - to kill, to destroy; surname
• 備 - to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect