流 — Chinese character
流
liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- Pinyin
- liú
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 氵 㐬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 㐬
- Japanese
- 流 as a kanji
Common words with 流
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 流行 | liú xíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point |
| 流动 (流動) | liú dòng | to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid |
| 流量 | liú liàng | flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge |
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution |
| 河流 | hé liú | river; 条 (tiáo) |
| 流传 (流傳) | liú chuán | to spread; to circulate; to hand down |
| 物流 | wù liú | distribution (business); logistics |
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin; valley |
| 流程 | liú chéng | course; stream |
| 一流 | yī liú | top quality; front ranking |
English words written with 流
流 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 2 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 17 · Zhuangzi 31 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 61
- Analects 17.24
- Analects 19.20
- Art of War 6.31
- Art of War 9.6
- Mencius 1B.4
- Mencius 2A.1
- Mencius 3A.4
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