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KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小310 strokesRadical 水#280 in newspapers

流 · current, a sink

流 is a kanji meaning current, a sink, flow, forfeit. It has 10 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • リュウryū
  • ルru

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ながれるnagareru
  • ながれnagare
  • ながすnagasu
  • -ながす-nagasu

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 流 · 16 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 流
WordReadingMeaningLevel
流行りゅうこうfashionable, fad, prevailingN3
流すながすto drain, to float, to shed (e.g., blood, tears)N3
流れながれstream, currentN3
流れるながれるto flow, to be washed awayN3
流行るはやるto be popular, to come into fashionN3
一流いちりゅうfirst class, leadingN2
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More words that use 流
WordReadingMeaningLevel
交流こうりゅうexchange; alternating currentN2
合流ごうりゅうconfluence, merge, joinN2
流石さすがindeed, truly, as one would expectN2
直流ちょくりゅうdirect currentN2
電流でんりゅうelectric currentN2
流域りゅういき(river) basinN2
流しながしsinkN1
海流かいりゅうocean currentN1
気流きりゅうatmospheric currentN1
流通りゅうつうcirculation of money or goods, distributionN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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