流 Kanji – current
The Japanese kanji 流 can mean current, a sink, flow, forfeit.
Meaning and Readings
How is 流 read?
流 has the onyomi readings リュウ, ル and the kunyomi readings ながれる, ながれ, ながす, -ながす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ryuu, ru, nagareru, nagare, nagasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 流
These common Japanese words contain 流. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 一流（いちりゅう） — first-class, first-rate, top-flight, top-ranking, leading, eminent, top
- 下流（かりゅう） — downstream, lower reaches of a river
- 海流（かいりゅう） — ocean current
- 還流（かんりゅう） — return current, convection, reflux
- 渓流（けいりゅう） — mountain stream, mountain torrent
- 激流（げきりゅう） — raging stream, rapids
- 源流（げんりゅう） — source (e.g. of a river), headwaters
- 交流（こうりゅう） — exchange (e.g. cultural), interchange, interaction, mingling, mixing, coming together
- 合流（ごうりゅう） — confluence (of rivers), flowing together, joining
- 三流（さんりゅう） — third-rate, third-class