Memory phrase for the Kanji: 流


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Meaning to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate

Pronunciation

liú

Explanation

Left: water , right: ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child comes with head first, with amniotic fluid )

Mnemonic


 
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing.

Radicals

Water
new born babyChild turned upside down: the child comes with head first), below: water/amniotic fluid .
new born babyCharacter for child , but turned upside down: the baby at birth comes first.
riverThe water was simplified as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.
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 Vocabulary

 流通  liú tōng  to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
 流毒  liú dú  to spread poison; pernicious influence
 逆流  nì liú  against the stream; adverse current; a counter-current; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
 溪流  xī liú  stream
 流弊  liú bì  malpractice; long-running abuse
 流寇  liú kòu  roving bandit; rebel band
 星流霆击  xīng liú tíng jī  meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development; portentous signs
 逆流溯源  nì liú sù yuán  to go back to the source
 颠沛流离  diān pèi liú lí  homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
 流氓  liú máng  rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior
 紊流  wěn liú  turbulent flow
 紊流  wěn liú  

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