流 — kanji meaning “current”
流
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
- Meanings
- current, a sink, flow, forfeit
- On'yomi
- リュウ (ryuu)、ル (ru)
- Kun'yomi
- なが.れる、なが.れ、なが.す、-なが.す
- Name readings
- な、ながれ、めぐる
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #280 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- liú — Chinese character page
Words with 流
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流れ | ながれ nagare | flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current |
| 交流 | こうりゅう kouryuu | exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction |
| 流行 | りゅうこう ryuukou | fashion; trend; vogue |
| 流通 | りゅうつう ryuutsuu | circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution |
| 流し | ながし nagashi | sink (e.g. in a kitchen) |
| 流す | ながす nagasu | to drain; to pour; to run |
| 一流 | いちりゅう ichiryuu | first-class; first-rate; top-flight |
| 上流 | じょうりゅう jouryuu | upper stream; upper course; upper reaches |
| 電流 | でんりゅう denryuu | electric current |
| 流出 | りゅうしゅつ ryuushutsu | outflow; effluence; efflux |
| 合流 | ごうりゅう gouryuu | confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining |
| 主流 | しゅりゅう shuryuu | (the) mainstream |
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