流
流 — current, a sink, flow
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 10
- Taught in
- School year 3
- Frequency
- #280 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- りゅう ryuu
- る ru
- りゅう ryuu
- Kun'yomi
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- なが.れる naga.reru
- なが.れ naga.re
- なが.す naga.su
- -なが.す -naga.su
- なが.れる naga.reru
Words that use 流
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 流行 りゅうこう fashion JLPT N3
- 流す ながす to drain JLPT N3
- 流れ ながれ flow (of a fluid or gas) JLPT N3
- 流れる ながれる to stream JLPT N3
- 流行る はやる to be popular JLPT N3
- 流 りゅう way JLPT N2
- 一流 いちりゅう first-class JLPT N2
- 交流 こうりゅう exchange (e.g. cultural) JLPT N2
- 合流 ごうりゅう confluence (of rivers) JLPT N2
- 直流 ちょくりゅう direct current JLPT N2