Moto 流: Current; A Sink; FlowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- リュウ、ル
- Kun'yomi
- なが(れる)、なが(れ)、なが(す)、-なが(す)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 630 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (リュウ・ル)
- 交流こうりゅうexchange (e.g. cultural); interchange
- 流通りゅうつうcirculation (money, goods, etc.); distribution
- 主流しゅりゅうmainstream; commonplace
- 流出りゅうしゅつdischarge; outward flow
- 流行りゅうこうfashion; trend
- 一流いちりゅうfirst-class; top grade
- 流動りゅうどうflow
- 火砕流かさいりゅうpyroclastic flow
- 流血りゅうけつbloodshed
- 流入りゅうにゅうafflux; influx
- 流域りゅういきdrainage basin; catchment basin
- 潮流ちょうりゅうtide; tidal current
- 上流じょうりゅうupper stream; upper course
- 女流じょりゅうwoman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
- 物流ぶつりゅうphysical distribution; distribution of goods
- 流動的りゅうどうてきfluid; unsettled
- 下流かりゅうdownstream; lower reaches of a river
- 本流ほんりゅうmain course (of a river)
- 電流でんりゅうelectric current
- 底流ていりゅうbottom current; undercurrent
- 中流ちゅうりゅうmid-stream; middle course
- 漂流ひょうりゅうdrifting; drift
- 流用りゅうようdiversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds)
- 源流げんりゅうsource (e.g. of a river); headwaters
- 還流かんりゅうreturn current; convection
- 流派りゅうはschool (e.g. of ikebana)
- 清流せいりゅうclear stream
- 放流ほうりゅうdischarge (e.g. of water from a dam)
- 時流じりゅうfashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
- 支流しりゅうtributary; branch
- 三流さんりゅうthird-rate; third-class
- 上昇気流じょうしょうきりゅうascending air current; updraft
- 乱気流らんきりゅう(air) turbulence; turbulent air
- 二流にりゅうsecond-rate; inferior
- 亜流ありゅう(inferior) imitator; epigone
- 伏流ふくりゅうsubterranean stream
- 分流ぶんりゅうdistributary; tributary
- 合流ごうりゅうconfluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic)
- 奔流ほんりゅうtorrent; rapid stream
- 対流たいりゅうconvection
- 急流きゅうりゅうswift current; rapids
- 我流がりゅうself-taught method; one's own way
- 暖流だんりゅうwarm current
- 気流きりゅうatmospheric current; air current
- 水流すいりゅうwater current
- 流りゅうfashion; way
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 流れながれflow (of a fluid or gas); stream
- 流すながすto drain; to pour
- 流しながしsink (e.g. in a kitchen)
- 流れ込むながれこむto flow into; to pour into
- 受け流すうけながすto ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question)
- 垂れ流したれながしincontinence; soiling oneself
- 川流れかわながれbeing carried away by a current
- 押し流すおしながすto wash away
- 横流しよこながしdiversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market
- 流し台ながしだいsink; washstand
- 流し打ちながしうちhitting to the opposite field
- 流し網ながしあみdrift net
- 流し込むながしこむto pour into; to wash down
- 流れるながれるto stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.)
Showing the 60 most common of 630 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 流
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