刘禹锡

Traditional form:

劉禹錫

Pinyin (reading):

Liú Yǔxī

Definitions:

• Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet

Characters:

• 刘 - to kill, to destroy; surname
• 禹 - legendary Hsia dynasty founder
• 锡 - tin; to bestow, to confer

Traditional characters:

• 劉 - to kill, to destroy; surname
• 禹 - legendary Hsia dynasty founder
• 錫 - tin; to bestow, to confer