流

• In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing character form), Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the upper right component 𠫓 is written ⿱亠厶 (4 strokes) while the bottom right stroke is written 乚 with an ending hook which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.
• In Taiwan and Hong Kong (based on Big5 character form), the upper right component 𠫓 is written ⿻一厶 (3 strokes) while the bottom right stroke is written ㇄ without the ending hook.
• Three CJK compatibility ideographs exist for this character:
  • U+F9CA corresponds to a duplicate character found in South Korea's KS X 1001 character set.
  • U+FA97 corresponds to an alternative form used in North Korea which is similar to the character used in Taiwan/Hong Kong.
  • U+2F902 corresponds to an alternative form used in Taiwan which is similar to the character used in mainland China/Japan/Korea but the bottom right stroke is written ㇄ without the ending hook.

流 (radical 85, 水+7, 9 strokes in Chinese in traditional Chinese, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, 10 strokes in Korean, cangjie input 水卜戈山 (EYIU), four-corner 3411₃, composition ⿰氵㐬(GJKV or U+F9CA or U+2F902) or ⿰氵⿱𠫓⿲丿丨㇄(HT or U+FA97))

• 𠺩, 𭱛, 𣹭, 蓅, 𥧕, 𥰤, 𡏬, 𭒐, 𬈰, 瑬, 𮋠, 鎏, 𪃂, 𩙣

• ル (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

Wikidata

• KangXi: page 623, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17572
• Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1631, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6D41

• Unihan data for U+F9CA

• Unihan data for U+FA97

• Unihan data for U+2F902

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ru) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 㐬.

流

1. to flow

   • 地震，梁山崩，壅河，三日不流。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 春秋繁露 (Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals

     Dìzhèn, Liángshān bēng, yōnghé, sān rì bù liú. [Pinyin]

     The earth trembled, and Mount Liang collapsed. It blocked a river which did not flow for three days.

   流汗  ―  liúhàn  ―  to sweat

   流淚 / 流泪  ―  liúlèi  ―  to cry; to let tears flow

   流血  ―  liúxuè  ―  to bleed

2. to drift; to wander

   流連 / 流连  ―  liúlián  ―  to linger; to be reluctant to leave

3. class; grade

   一流  ―  yīliú  ―  first class; top grade

4. (of water, electricity, other fluids) current; flow; stream

   氣流 / 气流  ―  qìliú  ―  airflow

   電流 / 电流  ―  diànliú  ―  electric current

5. to spread; to scatter; to disseminate

   Synonyms: 留傳／留传 (liúchuán), 散佈／散布

   流言  ―  liúyán  ―  rumors; gossip

   流芳  ―  liúfāng  ―  to leave a good reputation

6. (physics) Short for 流明 (liúmíng, “lumen”).
7. (mathematics) flow

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. current; flow; stream

• Go-on: る (ru, Jōyō, uncommon)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: ながす (nagasu, 流す, Jōyō); ながれ (nagare, 流れ); ながれる (nagareru, 流れる, Jōyō)

流 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유)

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流: Hán Việt readings: lưu[1][2][3]
流: Nôm readings: lưu[1][2]

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