Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 光瑠, 光榴, 光流, 光柳, 广瑠, 广柳, 广刘, 广六(Chinese)
Other Forms FormsHikaru (Japanese), Mitsuru (Japanese)
Meaning & History
From the Chinese character 光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" or 广 (guǎng) meaning "broad, wide, vast" combined with 瑠 (liú) meaning "lapis lazuli", 榴 (liú) meaning "pomegranate", 流 (liú) meaning "flow, stream, current", 柳 (liǔ) meaning "willow", 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy" or 六 (liù) meaning "six". Other character combinations are also possible.