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Kanji Grade 3 - 流

Kanji character Grade 3 流. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 流
About
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Kun: なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
On: リュウ、 ル
10 strokes
Radical: water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts: 亠 厶 川 汁
 
Onyomi
流 【リュウ】 fashion, way, style, manner, school (of thought), class, rank, rate, current (electrical, water, etc.), flow, stream
清流 【セイリュウ】 clear stream
火砕流 【カサイリュウ】 pyroclastic flow
流 【ル】 exile
流刑 【リュウケイ】 exile, banishment, deportation
配流 【ハイル】 exile, banishment
中流 【チュウル】 banishment (to a somewhat distant province), middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
 
Kunyomi
流れる 【ながれる】 to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink), to be washed away, to be carried, to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray, to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate, to be heard (e.g. music), to be played, to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair), to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted, to be called off, to be forfeited, to disappear, to be removed
流れ 【ながれ】 flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency, course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process, group of people who remain together after the end of an event, descent, ancestry, school, forfeiture, foreclosure, cancellation, drifting, wandering, roaming
流れ込む 【ながれこむ】 to flow into, to pour into, to stream into
流す 【ながす】 to drain, to pour, to spill, to shed (blood, tears), to wash away, to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.), to circulate, to broadcast, to beam, to cruise (e.g. taxi), to float, to set adrift, to call off (a meeting, etc.), to exile, to banish