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流

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • current
  • a sink
  • flow
  • forfeit

On'yomi (音読み)

  • リュウ
  • ル

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • なが.れる
  • なが.れ
  • なが.す
  • -なが.す
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#255
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

Common Words

  • 流しながしNounsink (e.g. in a kitchen)
  • 流すながすGodanto drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill
  • 流れながれNounflow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current
  • 流域りゅういきNoundrainage basin, catchment basin, river basin, watershed, valley
  • 流血りゅうけつNounbloodshed
  • 流出りゅうしゅつNounoutflow, effluence, efflux, spillage, spill, discharge, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, bleeding (e.g. of ink into paper)
  • 流石さすがAdverbas one would expect, just as you'd expect (from), just like (someone)
  • 流暢りゅうちょうna-Adj.fluent (in a language), flowing

Practice in Kanjiru

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