Chinese Character 流 Meanings and components.

Form

流

Meaning

流 meaning[3] in English

To Flow.

To Disseminate.

To Circulate Or Spread.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 流 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and (㐬)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EYIU

How to write 流

To write流liu2to flow you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 㐬liu2 arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 㐬 = 流

流 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 流 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 流, looks as follow:

流
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Flow . To Disseminate . To Circulate Or Spread . To Move Or Drift . To Degenerate . To Banish Or Send Into Exile . Stream Of Water Or Sth Resembling One . Class, Rate Or Grade
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
㐬
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吕
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𠫝
Pinyin:zhang3 Shape:吕
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
川
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 Chuan1] In Southwest China

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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