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

流 stroke order diagram
流 stroke order animation

Words containing 流

Word Meaning
drift net (fishing)
streamline (physics)
streamline (physics)
streamlined; sleek
epidemic encephalitis
epidemic encephalitis
to discharge pus; to suppurate
to discharge pus; to suppurate
to wander far from home
to wander far from home
to rove; to tramp; to float
tassels
(bird species of China) ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
(bird species of China) ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
firefly
firefly
influenza
epidemic strain
epidemiology
epidemiology
popular jargon; catchword
pop music
pop music
hooliganism; rowdyism
hooliganism; rowdyism