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流

Kanji 流: meaning "flow, style", readings, stroke order

The kanji 流 means "flow, style". On'yomi: リュウ、ル; kun'yomi: ながれる、ながす. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
flow, style
On'yomi
リュウル· special — Special reading: the official table keeps it for a few words or particular uses.
Kun'yomi
ながれるながす
Strokes
10
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Special reading: the official table keeps it for a few words or particular uses.

Words with 流

  • 流行 りゅうこう — Trend / fashion
  • 流れ ながれ — Flow / current / trend
  • 流す ながす — to drain, to float, to shed (e.g., blood, tears)
  • 流れる ながれる — to flow, to be washed away
  • 流行る はやる — to be popular, to come into fashion
  • ~流 ~りゅう — fashion, manner, way
  • 一流 いちりゅう — first class, leading
  • 交流 こうりゅう — exchange; alternating current
  • 合流 ごうりゅう — confluence, merge, join
  • 流石 さすが — indeed, truly, as one would expect
  • 直流 ちょくりゅう — direct current
  • 電流 でんりゅう — electric current

Stroke order · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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