刘

surname Liu

刘 = 刂 + 文 : Mnemonic symbol: 刘三姐, third sister Liu.

Li Qingzhao and Liu Sanjie are fighting for the title "artist of the universe" in the outhouse's kitchen. Their weapons: each one has a knife, and a thick book of her respective works to use as a shield.

刘

劉

liú = li + ou2

(classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter

刘 character breakdown

刘
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 文
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

文

wén = w + (e)n2

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

文 = 乂 + 亠 : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.

Characters with 刘 as component

浏

瀏

liú = li + ou2

clear / deep (of water) / swift

浏 = 刘 + 氵 : Li Qingzhao (li) found that Liu Sanjie (刘) emptied a magical water bottle (氵) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). They're both standing waist-deep (浏) in very clear (浏) water.