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流 U+6D41, 流
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D41
← 浀
[U+6D40] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 浂 →
[U+6D42]
流 U+F9CA, 流
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CA
← 柳
[U+F9C9] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 溜 →
[U+F9CB]
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流 U+FA97, 流
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA97
← 殺
[U+FA96] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 滛 →
[U+FA98]
流 U+2F902, 流
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F902
← 海
[U+2F901] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 浩 →
[U+2F903]
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Translingual

Stroke order
Mainland China, Japan and Korea
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Stroke order
Taiwan
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Alternative forms

  • 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.

Han character

流 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and 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))

Derived characters

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

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 623, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17572
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1631, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6D41
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (流) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ru): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㐬.

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan རྒྱུ་ (rgyu, “to move, to go, to wander”) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lâu - vernacular;
  • liǔ - literary.
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Definitions

流

  1. to flow
    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 (sànbù)
    流言  ―  liúyán  ―  rumors; gossip
    流芳  ―  liúfāng  ―  to leave a good reputation
  6. (physics) short for 流明 (liúmíng, “lumen”)
  7. (mathematics) flow
  8. (computing) stream
  9. (Cantonese, Hakka) of poor quality
    流嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  lau4 je5 [Jyutping]  ―  poor-quality goods
  10. (Cantonese) fake; ingenuine
    Antonym: 堅 / 坚 (gin1) (Cantonese)
    流料 [Cantonese]  ―  lau4 liu6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  false information; fake news

Compounds

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