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Character Decomposition
流=氵+㐬
Etymology
water
Meanings
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
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Words with 流 951 total
hidden stream · ground stream伏流fú liúto diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) · to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)分流fēn liúsecond-rate · second-tier二流èr liúto spread · to hand down · to circulate传流chuán liúdistinguished and accomplished · outstanding · talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle · romantic · dissolute · loose风流fēng liúmain stream (of a river)干流gàn liúto converge · to flow together · fig. to act alike · to evolve together合流hé liú
Idioms with 流 264 total
there is no flowing without damming, and no motion without rest不塞不流，不止不行bù sāi bù liú，bù zhǐ bù xíngthe stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow川流不息chuān liú bù xīto follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)从谏如流cóng jiàn rú liú