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
blood flows like rivers; bloody slaughter
natural and unforced
to kill and banish
to kill and banish
spread false ideas; false views widely spread
spread false ideas; let errors spread
converter
swine influenza; swine flu; influenza A (H1N1)
swine influenza; swine flu; influenza A (H1N1)
swine influenza virus (SIV)
swine influenza virus (SIV)
to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly
to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly
equatorial counter current
traffic; rate of traffic flow
asthenosphere (geology)
asthenosphere (geology)
asthenosphere (geology)
asthenosphere (geology)
to take turns; to alternate
to gush; to spurt
to go back to the source
to sail against the current; (fig.) to go against the flow
runoff
runoff