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
三流
sān liú
上流
shàng liú
下流
xià liú
中流
zhōng liú
串流
chuàn liú
主流
zhǔ liú
九流
jiǔ liú
二流
èr liú
交流
jiāo liú
人流
rén liú
伏流
fú liú

Related characters (radical 氵)

Characters that share the radical 氵.

㳄 氵 氾 氿 汀 汁 汇 汉 汊 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汛 汜 汝 江 池 污 汤 汧 汨 汩

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