Kanji1 / 10
流 kanji
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
リュウル
Kun readings
ながれるながれながす-ながす
Words with 流
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3流行Popularfashion; trend; vogue; craze; fad; popularity; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
- N2一流Popularfirst-class; first-rate; top-flight; top-ranking; leading; eminent; top; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); unique (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag; one banner; one streamer
- N2交流Popularexchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling; mixing; coming together; alternating current; AC
- N2合流Popularconfluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up; merging (e.g. of traffic); meeting (up)
- N2電流Popularelectric current
- N2流域Populardrainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
- N2直流direct current; DC
- N1流Popularway; manner; style; fashion; mode; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; rank; flow; current; stream
- N1海流Popularocean current
- N1流通Popularcirculation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
- N1気流atmospheric current; air current; airflow
- N1流counter for flags, banners, etc.
- —下流Populardownstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
- —還流Popularreturn current; reflux; back flow
- —渓流Popularmountain stream; mountain torrent
- —激流Popularraging stream; rapids
- —源流Popularsource (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
- —三流Popularthird-rate; third-class
- —支流Populartributary; branch
- —主流Popular(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream