liú

to flow; to circulate or spread; to move or drift

HSK 4 #396

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 396th character
Radical ⽔ (85.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 2080

Definitions

流 liú
  1. 1. to flow
  2. 2. to circulate or spread
  3. 3. to move or drift
  4. 4. stream of water or sth resembling one
  5. 5. class, rate or grade
  6. 6. to disseminate
  7. 7. to degenerate
  8. 8. to banish or send into exile

Stroke order

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流 stroke order animation

Words containing 流

Word Meaning
to become a mere formality
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
swift action (idiom)
swift action (idiom)
meteoroid
meteoroid
fluent; smooth and easy; flowing (of speech, writing)
(of an auction) to be inconclusive
(of an auction) to be inconclusive
rogue state
rogue state
lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)
lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)
the crime of hooliganism
malware (computing)
malware (computing)
gang of hoodlums
gang of hoodlums
flowing water does not rot
fig. constant activity prevents decay
fig. constant activity prevents decay
rolling banquet; open buffet-style feast
assembly line; (computing) pipeline