刘渊

Traditional form:

劉淵

Pinyin (reading):

Liú Yuān

Definitions:

• Liu Yuan (c. 251-310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉／西晋 ( Xī Jìn), founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢／成汉 ( Chéng Hàn) (304-347)

Characters:

• 刘 - to kill, to destroy; surname
• 渊 - abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up

Traditional characters:

• 劉 - to kill, to destroy; surname
• 淵 - abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up