What 鐂 means
An early dictionary defines 鐂 as “to kill.” The earliest recorded entry is in the Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese dictionary from the Eastern Han dynasty, compiled around 100 CE. Its commentary even asks whether 鐂 was copied in error for 劉. Chinese variant references also link 鐂 with 鎦 and 劉, without making the three spellings interchangeable.
Chinese references give 鐂 the Mandarin reading liú, written in pinyin and pronounced roughly “lyoh” with a rising tone. Japanese references list it as a kanji outside the general-use list, with readings りゅう (ryū, with a long “u”), る (ru), and ころす (korosu, “to kill”). 鎦 also appears in 鎦金, a traditional technique for coating objects with gold using mercury; that sense belongs to 鎦, not automatically to 鐂.
Its documented trail is historical and lexicographic; read it through the source’s language and context.
Don’t substitute 鎦 or 劉 for 鐂 without preserving the source spelling.
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Questions people ask
1Why can 鐂 look different on devices?
It can. As of 2026-09-12, references describe the glyph as environment-dependent, so fonts on computers, phones, and browsers may draw it differently. That changes its appearance, not its character identity.
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