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Kanji: 流

KANJI
10 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
ながれる
なが
なが
 ON 音 
リュウ
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:
水(氵,氺)
Radical name:
みず (さんずい、したみず)
Meaning:
Current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 300 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N3
(なが)
to drain, to float, to shed (blood, tears), to cruise (e.g. taxi)
N3
(なが)
stream, current
N3
(なが)れる
to stream, to flow, to run (ink), to be washed away
N3
(りゅうこう)
fashionable, fad, in vogue, prevailing
N2
(いちりゅう)
first class, top grade, foremost, top-notch
N2
(こうりゅう)
alternating current, intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling
N2
(ごうりゅう)
confluence, union, linking up, merge
N2
(ちょくりゅう)
direct current
N2
(でんりゅう)
electric current
N2
(りゅういき)
(river) basin
N1
(かいりゅう)
ocean current
N1
(きりゅう)
atmospheric current
N1
(なが)
sink
N1
(はやり)
fashionable, fad, in vogue, prevailing
N1
(りゅう)
styleof, method of, manner of
N1
(りゅうつう)
circulation of money or goods, flow of water or air, distribution
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