A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 10 strokes

Current ; A Sink ; Flow ; Forfeit

Readings on: リュウ・ル
Kun readings: なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す

流れるながれる — flow

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 流行りゅうこう — fashionable; in vogue Word card → Source
• 激流げきりゅう — rapid Source
• 暖流だんりゅう — hot current Source
• 海流かいりゅう — Marine current Source
• 流域りゅういき — river basin Source
• 漂流ひょうりゅう — drift; drift Source