Kanji 流: "current, a sink, flow"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 流

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 流石さすがにcomme on pouvait s'y attendre, forcément · quand même, tout de même
• 流ながれるto stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink) · to be washed away; to be carried
• 流石さすがas one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone) · still; all the same; after all
• 流ながすto drain; to pour; to run; to let flow · to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift
• 流ながれflow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current · flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing
• 合ごう流りゅうconfluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining · joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up; merging (e.g. of traffic)
• 流石さすがはcomme on pouvait s'y attendre (de la part de), à la hauteur de sa réputation
• 流りゅうway; manner; style; fashion · school (e.g. of flower arrangement)
• 涙なみだを流ながすverser des larmes, pleurer
• 交こう流りゅうexchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling · alternating current; AC
• 一いち流りゅうfirst-class; first-rate; top-flight; top-ranking · characteristic (of); peculiar (to); unique (to)
• 流ながれ込こむto flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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