流 (liú): meaning and stroke order
流 (liú) means to flow, to disseminate, to circulate or spread, to move or drift, to degenerate.
流
- Simplified
- 流
- Traditional
- 流 (same form)
- Pinyin
- liú
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Stroke order of 流
流
- liú to flow; to disseminate
- 10 strokes
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Meaning of 流
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liú
- to flow
- to disseminate
- to circulate or spread
- to move or drift
- to degenerate
- to banish or send into exile
- stream of water or sth resembling one
- class, rate or grade
Radical and structure
- 流
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 10 strokes · 氵 on the left, 㐬 on the right
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Words with 流
- 流传 liú chuán to spread; to circulate
- 流亡 liú wáng to force into exile; to be exiled
- 流泪 liú lèi to shed tears
- 交流 jiāo liú to exchange; exchange
流 in our stories
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他发现，水总是往低处流；与其拦住它，不如给它找一条出路。
tā fāxiàn shuǐ zǒngshì wǎng dīchù liú yǔqí lán zhù tā bùrú gěi tā zhǎo yì tiáo chūlù
He saw that water always flows downhill: rather than stopping it, better to give it a way out.
From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
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他的左眼变成了太阳，右眼变成了月亮，四肢化作了高山，血液流成了江河。
tā de zuǒ yǎn biànchéng le tàiyáng yòu yǎn biànchéng le yuèliang sìzhī huàzuò le gāoshān xuèyè liú chéng le jiānghé
His left eye became the sun, his right eye the moon; his limbs turned into mountains and his blood flowed into rivers.
From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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山被撞断了，天空向西北倾斜，日月星辰都滑向了那一边；大地则向东南塌陷，江河的水都向东流去。
shān bèi zhuàng duàn le tiānkōng xiàng xīběi qīngxié rì yuè xīngchén dōu huá xiàng le nà yìbiān dàdì zé xiàng dōngnán tāxiàn jiānghé de shuǐ dōu xiàng dōng liú qù
The mountain broke. The sky tilted towards the north-west and the sun, moon and stars slid that way, while the earth sank towards the south-east and all the rivers began to flow east.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 流
- Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
- Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).