According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a first subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, supplied with a first voltage and including a first sub region and a second sub region; a second subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and supplied with a second voltage; an insulating layer disposed on the first sub region of the first subpixel electrode and disposed beneath the second subpixel electrode and the second sub region of the first subpixel electrode; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, in which a first region in which the first subpixel electrode is formed includes four distinct areas having different characteristics.