流
流·flow, current, style
- On-yomi
- リュウル
- Kun-yomi
- ながれるながす
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流れる | ながれる | to flow |
| 交流 | こうりゅう | exchange, interaction |
| 一流 | いちりゅう | first-class, top-rank |
| 流行 | りゅうこう | fashion, trend; going around (of an illness) |
Example sentences
町の中を大きな川が流れています。
まちのなかをおおきなかわがながれています。
A big river flows through the town.
今年は赤い色が流行しています。
ことしはあかいいろがりゅうこうしています。
Red is in fashion this year.
留学生との交流会に参加しました。
りゅうがくせいとのこうりゅうかいにさんかしました。
I took part in an exchange event with international students.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 流行 as ながれいき — it is りゅうこう
- Mixing the pair: 流れる is intransitive (it flows), 流す is transitive (to let/make something flow)
Memory aid
Picture it
Water (氵) carrying a baby downstream head-first — everything moves with the current.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 流れるながれるto flow
- 流すながすto let flow, wash away
- 流行するりゅうこうするto be in fashion, spread
- 流行りゅうこうfashion, trend, vogue; spread of an illness
- 流れながれstream, current, flow
- 交流こうりゅうexchange, interaction
- 流域りゅういきriver basin, drainage area
- 交流するこうりゅうするto interact, to exchange
- 直流ちょくりゅうdirect current (DC)
- 一流いちりゅうfirst class, top grade, top-notch
- 流行るはやるto be popular, to come into fashion; (of illness) to go around
- 流石さすがas one would expect, just as you'd expect of, truly (impressive)
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