流 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
流
liú
to flow
Character
Example phrases
- 水慢慢流。 Shuǐ màn màn liú. The water flows slowly.
- 眼泪在流。 Yǎnlèi zài liú. Tears are flowing.
- 河水向东流。 Héshuǐ xiàng dōng liú. The river flows east.
Related words
- 流利 liúlì fluent
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 潮流 cháoliú trend
- 流传 liúchuán to spread; to pass down
- 流动 liúdòng to flow; to move around
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 一流 yīliú first-class
- 出现 chūxiàn to appear
- 留 liú to stay; to leave behind
- 换 huàn to change; to exchange
- 掉 diào to drop; to fall