— current, a sink, flow, forfeit

  • JLPT N3
  • 10 strokes
  • Grade 3
  • Radical 水
  • #280 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
リュウ
Kun'yomi
なが.れるなが.れなが.す-なが.す

Example words

  • 流行はやり(1) fashion; fad; vogue; craze (2) prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
  • 交流こうりゅう(1) (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse (2) alternating current; AC
  • 流れながれstream; current; flow
  • 流通りゅうつう(1) circulation of money or goods; flow of water or air; distribution (2) negotiable (e.g. shares)
  • 一流いちりゅう(1) first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading (2) characteristic; peculiar; unique (3) school (e.g. of a performance art) (4) one flag; one banner; one streamer
  • 流すながす(1) to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears) (2) to wash away (3) to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to broadcast; to beam (4) to cruise (e.g. taxi) (5) to float; to set adrift (6) to call off (a meeting, etc.)
  • 流しながし(1) sink (2) cruising (e.g. taxi)
  • 電流でんりゅうelectric current