Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
280 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Kunyomi: なが.れる, なが.れ, なが.す, -なが.す
Onyomi: リュウ, ル
Composition: 氵 㐬
Radical: 水
Reading: さんずい
Meaning: water
Strokes: 3
流行する(りゅうこうする) be fashionable, widespread
合流する(ごうりゅうする) merge
上流(じょうりゅう) upper stream, upper classes
下流(かりゅう) downstream, lower classes
主流(しゅりゅう) main current
一流(いちりゅう) first class, top-notch
電流(でんりゅう) electric current
流派(りゅうは) school (e.g. of ikebana)
流暢な(りゅうちょうな) fluent
流布する(るふする) circulate, disseminate
流れる(ながれる) flow [v.i.]
流す(ながす) drain, shed (blood, tears) [v.t.]
流 (リュウ) fashion, way, style, manner, school (of thought), class, rank, rate, current (electrical, water, etc.), flow, stream
旒 (リュウ) counter for flags, banners, etc.
清流 (セイリュウ) clear stream
火砕流 (カサイリュウ) pyroclastic flow
流 (ル) exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
流刑 (リュウケイ) exile, banishment, deportation
配流 (ハイル) exile, banishment
中流 (チュウル) banishment (to a somewhat distant province), middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
流れる (ながれる) to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink), to be washed away, to be carried, to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray, to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate, to be heard (e.g. music), to be played, to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair), to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted, to be called off, to be forfeited, to disappear, to be removed
流れ (ながれ) flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency, course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process, group of people who remain together after the end of an event, descent, ancestry, school, forfeiture, foreclosure, cancellation, drifting, wandering, roaming
流れ込む (ながれこむ) to flow into, to pour into, to stream into
流す (ながす) to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill, to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift, to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away, to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire), to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute, to cruise (of a taxi), to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.), to go from place to place, to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill), to forfeit (a pawn), to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming), to do with ease, to do effortlessly, to exile, to banish, to hit (the ball) to the opposite field, to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing