流

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

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character[edit]

流 (radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水卜戈山 (EYIU), four-corner 34113, composition ⿰氵㐬)

Derived characters[edit]

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.
  • Wu
    • 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. trend
    6. Short for 流明 (liúmíng).

    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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