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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Words containing 流

Word Meaning
flowing rhythm (of poetry); cadence; musical sound
fluid
fluid mechanics; hydrodynamics
fluid dynamics
fluid dynamics
hydronuclear explosion (HNE)
hydronuclear explosion (HNE)
flowing (style etc); smooth and ornate
flowing (style etc); smooth and ornate
to have a runny nose
to bleed from the nose; (fig.) to be sexually aroused
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)
tears and mucus flowing profusely; in a tragic state
tears and mucus flowing profusely; in a tragic state
tears and mucus streaming; crying very hard
tears and snot streaming; cry very hard
flow of liquid; stream
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
Qingliu county in Sanming sān míng, Fujian
Qingliu county in Sanming sān míng, Fujian
Qingliu county in Sanming sān míng, Fujian
to gush; to spurt
to gush; to spurt
origin and development