流

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]

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]

Stroke order

Mainland China, Japan and Korea

Stroke order

Taiwan

• 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.

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))

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

• ル (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

• 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

• Unihan data for U+F9CA

• Unihan data for U+FA97

• Unihan data for U+2F902

trad.		流
simp. #		流
alternative forms		汖 㳅 𡵰 𣳛 𭰈 汖 㳅 𡵰 𣳛 𭰈 𣴑 𣹭 𣹳 𣻤 ⿰氵巟 ⿰氵𡿮 ⿰𣴑水 ⿲水𡿮水 ⿲氺⿱一𠫝水 ⿰氵⿱厶⿲丿丨㇏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㐬 ().

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

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

   • 地震，梁山崩，壅河，三日不流。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals

     Dìzhèn, Liángshān bēng, yōng hé, sān rì bù liú. [Pinyin]

     The earth trembled, and Mount Liang collapsed. It blocked a river which did not flow for three days.

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 liu^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  false information; fake news

Shinjitai	流
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	流󠄂 流+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: る (ru, Jōyō ^†)^{←る (ru, historical)}
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: ながす (nagasu, 流す, Jōyō)、ながれる (nagareru, 流れる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: しく (shiku)、とも (tomo)、はる (haru)

From Middle Chinese 流 (MC ljuw).

• (Tokyo) りゅう [ryúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨː]

流(りゅう) • (ryū) ^{←りう (riu)?}

1. the flow of water or something like water
2. art forms, methods, styles, and techniques peculiar to a person or house

流(りゅう) • (ryū) ^{←りう (riu)?}

1. current, flow, stream, waterflow
2. flowing, washing
3. spread

From Middle Chinese 流 (MC ljuw). Recorded as Middle Korean 류 (lyu) (Yale: lyu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource

流 (eumhun 흐를 류 (heureul ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 흐를 유 (heureul yu))

1. hanja form^? of 류/유 (“flow”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

流: Hán Việt readings: lưu^[1][2][3]
流: Nôm readings: lưu^[1][2]

1. stream; flow