流 — current, a sink, flow

りゅう流 current

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+6D41 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #280 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #826 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

current
a sink
flow
forfeit

word

りゅう ryuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

流(りゅう) ryuu style 交(こう) 流(りゅう) kouryuu exchange 流(りゅう) 通(つう) ryuutsuu distribution 流(りゅう) 行(こう) ryuukou fashion 流(りゅう) 出(しゅつ) ryuushutsu outflow 一(いち) 流(りゅう) ichiryuu first-rate 主(しゅ) 流(りゅう) shuryuu mainstream 合(ごう) 流(りゅう) gouryuu confluence

る ru On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

流(る) 布(ふ) rufu circulation

なが naga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

流(なが) れ nagare flow 流(なが) れる nagareru to flow 流(なが) す nagasu to wash away 流(なが) れ込む(こ) nagarekomu to flow into

は ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

流(は) 行(や) る hayaru to be popular

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

流石(さすが) sasuga as expected

Appears in idioms

行雲流水四字熟語

go, cloud, current, water

河童の川流れ諺

A kappa getting carried away by the river

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

㐬 flow (top)

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#85 水 water