Chinese symbol for “inflow”

流入

liú rù

to flow into; inflow

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inflow is 流入 (liú rù), defined as: to flow into; inflow.

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Characters and stroke order

流 liú

to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

入 rù

to enter, to come in; to join

radical 11 ⼊ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流入.

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
进入 (進入)	jìn rù	to enter; to go into
加入	jiā rù	to become a member; to join

See also: Japanese symbol for “inflow”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.