Memory phrase for the character: 流

流

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Meaning

to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate

Pronunciation

liú

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)

Mnemonic
 
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid are flowing.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
㐬 new born babyChild 子 turned upside down: the child comes with head first), below: water/amniotic fluid 川.
new born babyCharacter for child 子 but upside down as the head comes first at birth.
川 riverThe water 水 was simplified as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.




 Vocabulary

流通 liú tōng  to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
流毒 liú dú  to spread poison; pernicious influence
逆流 nì liú  against the stream; adverse current; a counter-current; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
溪流 xī liú  stream
流弊 liú bì  malpractice; long-running abuse
流寇 liú kòu  roving bandit; rebel band
星流霆击 xīng liú tíng jī  meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development; portentous signs
逆流溯源 nì liú sù yuán  to go back to the source
颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí  homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
流氓 liú máng  rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior
紊流 wěn liú  turbulent flow
紊流 wěn liú  

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