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
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
DC; (elec.) unidirectional current
DC; (elec.) unidirectional current
Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
atmospheric circulation
atmospheric circulation
pandemic; major epidemic
keep family problems private; don't trust gossip
keep family problems private; don't trust gossip
very rich; affluent
convection
troposphere; lower atmosphere
tropopause; top of troposphere
tropopause; top of troposphere
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
spoiler (automotive)
spoiler (automotive)
wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc); slipstream
to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
laminar flow
asthenosphere (geology)