流 (liú)
to flow; to spread; to circulate; current; class/grade
How 流 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 流
- Simplified
- 流 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 亠 lid
- 厶 private
- 儿 legs
- 丨 line
Common words using 流
- 交流 jiāoliú
- to exchange; exchange; communication
- 流星 liúxīng
- meteor; shooting star
- 流星雨 liúxīngyǔ
- meteor shower
- 流氓 liúmáng
- rogue; hoodlum; gangster
- 流浪 liúlàng
- to drift about; to wander; to roam
- 流淚 liúlèi
- to shed tears
- 流行 liúxíng
- to spread; to rage (of contagious disease); popular
- 流量 liúliàng
- flow rate; rate; throughput
- 淚流滿面 lèiliúmǎnmiàn
- cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
- 潮流 cháoliú
- tide; current; trend
- 風流 fēngliú
- distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in life style
- 一流 yīliú
- top quality; front ranking
流 in a sentence
剛剛運動完，我全身都流滿了汗。
Gānggāng yùndòng wán, wǒ quánshēn dōu liú mǎn le hàn.
“I just finished exercising, and I'm sweating all over.”
How common is 流?
流 is the 396th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 70.8% of all running text.
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