流

liú

to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade

Radical: 氵 HSK 2 v, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

流 decomposes into the following components:

氵 㐬

Semantic component: 氵; phonetic component: 㐬.

Words containing 流

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 流.

一流
yī liú
top quality
三流
sān liú
上流
shàng liú
upper class
下流
xià liú
lower course of a river
中流
zhōng liú
midstream
串流
chuàn liú
主流
zhǔ liú
main stream (of a river)
九流
jiǔ liú
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
二流
èr liú
second-rate
交流
jiāo liú
exchange
人流
rén liú
a stream of people
伏流
fú liú
hidden stream

Related characters (radical 氵)

Characters that share the radical 氵.

㳄 㳇 㳘 㳚 㴔 㵐 㶉 氵 氾 氿 汀 汁 汇 汈 汉 汊 汋 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汛 汜

Learn 流 in context

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.

Start now HSK 2 guide