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流 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
リュウ・ルりゅう・る · ryū · ru
Kun
なが(れる)・なが(す)naga(reru) · naga(su)
Meaning
flow, stream

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 (water) + 㐬 (sound) — shows water flowing along: to flow.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリュウりゅうryū流行りゅうこう流動りゅうどう電流でんりゅう
Onルるru流布るふ流転るてん流罪るざい
Kunながれるnagareru流れるながれる流れながれ
Kunながすnagasu流すながす流しながし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 電流でんりゅう

    electric current

  • 流れ星ながれぼし

    shooting star

More words with this kanji

  • 潮流ちょうりゅう
  • 激流げきりゅう
  • 濁流だくりゅう
  • 漂流ひょうりゅう
  • 亜流ありゅう
  • 渓流けいりゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)の 水(みず)が 流(なが)れる。

The water of the river flows.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading リュウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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