流

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流 U+6D41, 流
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D41
← 浀
[U+6D40]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 浂 →
[U+6D42]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

流 (radical 85 水+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水卜戈山 (EYIU), four-corner 34113, composition ⿰氵㐬)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 623, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17572
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1631, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6D41

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 流

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (流) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
流 *ru
硫 *ru
琉 *ru
旒 *ru
瑬 *ru
裗 *ru

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ru): semantic 氵 + phonetic 㐬.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • lâu - vernacular;
  • liû - literary.
Rime
Character 流
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力求切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɨu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /liəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /luw/
Li
Rong		 /liu/
Wang
Li		 /lĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 liú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 流
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 liú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ljuw ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ru/
English flow (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 流
Reading # 1/1
No. 8335
Phonetic
component		 流
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 劉
Old
Chinese		 /*ru/
Notes 或爲毓省聲

Definitions[edit]

流

  1. to flow
    地震，梁山崩，壅河，三日不流。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
    From: 春秋繁露
    Dìzhèn, Liángshān bēng, yōnghé, sān rì bù liú. [Pinyin]
    The earth trembled, and Mount Liang collapsed. It blocked a river which did not flow for three days.
    流汗  ―  liúhàn  ―  to sweat
    流淚 / 流泪  ―  liúlèi  ―  to cry
  2. to drift; to wander
  3. class; grade
  4. current; flow; stream (of water or other fluid)
  5. style; fashion

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 流

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

流

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

流 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

流 (lưu)

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