流

流
liú = li + ou2
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
流 = 㐬 + 氵 : In the outhouse's kitchen Li Qingzhao is rinsing her large bowl (which is decorated with pennants and pendants). She uses a bottle of water to rinse it. She rinses it very thoroughly so that a lot of water flows over.

流 character breakdown

氵
shuǐ = shu + ei3
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
㐬
Character component without intrinsic meaning
㐬 = 云 + 儿 + 丨 : Li Qingzhao asked Sun Wukong for help with the preparation of an elixir in the outhouse's kitchen. Li Qingzhao set up a large bowl with pendants and pennants to crush dinosaur bones in. Sun Wukong crushes the bones for her so fast that there's dust, even clouds, everywhere.

Characters with 流 as component

鎏
liú = li + ou2
variant of 鎦|镏[liu2]

Words with 流

交
流
to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
主
流
main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
二
流
second-rate / second-tier
二
流
子
loafer / idler / bum
中
流
midstream
交
交
流
流
电
電
alternating current
串
流
to stream (online)
交
流
道
(Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication
交
交
变
變
电
電
流
流
alternating current (electricity)
交
交
变
變
流
流
电
電
alternating current / same as 交流電|交流电
九
流
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]

Sentences with 流

流 currently does not appear in any sentence.