Kanji: 流

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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	流(なが)す	to drain, to float, to shed (blood, tears), to cruise (e.g. taxi)
N3	流(なが)れ	stream, current
N3	流(なが)れる	to stream, to flow, to run (ink), to be washed away
N3	流行(りゅうこう)	fashionable, fad, in vogue, prevailing
N2	一流(いちりゅう)	first class, top grade, foremost, top-notch
N2	交流(こうりゅう)	alternating current, intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling
N2	合流(ごうりゅう)	confluence, union, linking up, merge
N2	直流(ちょくりゅう)	direct current
N2	電流(でんりゅう)	electric current
N2	流域(りゅういき)	(river) basin
N1	海流(かいりゅう)	ocean current
N1	気流(きりゅう)	atmospheric current
N1	流(なが)し	sink
N1	流行(はやり)	fashionable, fad, in vogue, prevailing
N1	流(りゅう)	styleof, method of, manner of
N1	流通(りゅうつう)	circulation of money or goods, flow of water or air, distribution