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

流
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀
- 㐬
  - 丨
  - 云
    - 二
      - 一
    - 厶
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚

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.