The character "流" has 10 strokes. "流" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "流" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "流" are "liú" . View the stroke order of "流">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "流"

v.: (of liquid) flow; move from place to place; wander; drift; spread; circulate; pass down to/on; change for the worse; degenerate; banish; send into exile (as a kind of punishment in ancient times)

n.: flowing water; stream of water; something resembling the stream of water; current; flow; part/branch of a river that is away from its source; class; rate; grade; people of a certain sort; lumen

adj.: flowing like water

Form words with "流"

火山泥流 lahar

重力流 gravity current

反向流 reverse flow; countercurrent

由西向东流 flow from west to east

壅塞流 choked flow

流哈喇子 slobber; dribble

夸克流 quark current

喷气流 jet stream/flow

风生洋面流 wind-driven ocean-surface current

Example phrases using "流"

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