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
流传
liúchuán
to spread; to pass down
Characters in this word
传 chuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 故事流传很久。 Gùshi liúchuán hěn jiǔ. The story spreads for a long time.
- 这歌流传开了。 Zhè gē liúchuán kāi le. This song has spread around.
- 传说流传下来。 Chuánshuō liúchuán xiàlái. The legend has been passed down.
Related words
- 流 liú to flow
- 流利 liúlì fluent
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 潮流 cháoliú trend
- 流动 liúdòng to flow; to move around
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 一流 yīliú first-class
- 传 chuán to pass on; to spread
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 传来 chuánlái to come through; to be heard
- 传说 chuánshuō legend