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
流域
liúyù
river basin; drainage area
Characters in this word
域 yù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 整个流域的治理不能只靠上游城市单独承担。 Zhěngge liúyù de zhìlǐ bù néng zhǐ kào shàngyóu chéngshì dāndú chéngdān. The management of the whole river basin cannot be borne by upstream cities alone.
- 长江流域气候温暖，雨水充足，适合种水稻。 Chángjiāng liúyù qìhòu wēnnuǎn, yǔshuǐ chōngzú, shìhé zhòng shuǐdào. The Yangtze basin has a warm climate and plenty of rain, which suits growing rice.
- 这条河的流域很广，沿岸有许多城市和农田。 Zhè tiáo hé de liúyù hěn guǎng, yán'àn yǒu xǔduō chéngshì hé nóngtián. This river has a very wide basin, with many cities and farmlands along its banks.
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
- 流程 liúchéng process, flow
- 流量 liúliàng traffic, internet data, flow rate
- 流入 liúrù to flow into