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The kanji 流: meaning, readings and stroke order
流
- Meaning
- flow
- On reading
- リュウ ryuu、ル* ru
- Kun reading
- なが（れる） nagareru、なが（す） nagasu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chảy, dòng chảy (lưu)
- Japanese
- ながれる。ながす。
- Korean
- 흐르다 (류·유)
- Chinese
- 流、流动
Readings, words and example sentences
リュウ ryuu · on reading
流行
being popular, trend
この 歌が 今 流行して います。
This song is popular right now.
なが（れる） nagareru · kun reading
流れる
to flow
大雨で 川の 水が 早く 流れます。
After the heavy rain, the river flows fast.
なが（す） nagasu · kun reading
流す
to let (water) run, to wash away
手を あらって 水を 流します。
I wash my hands and rinse them with water.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 流 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 流 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.