• 396th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 358 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liú (liu2)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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liú (liu2)The component is pronounced as 'liú' (liu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

交流 
流星 
流星雨 
流氓 
流浪 
流泪 (流淚)
流行 
流量 
泪流满面 (淚流滿面)
潮流 
风流 (風流)

Uncommon

一流 
上流 
下流 
主流 
人流 
倒流 
回流 
寒流 
横流 (橫流)
水流 
河流 
流干 (流乾)
流传 (流傳)
流入 
流出 
流利 
流动 (流動)
流动性 (流動性)
流失 
流年 
流感 
流畅 (流暢)
流水 
流汗 
流浪汉 (流浪漢)
流淌 
流产 (流產)
流程 
流落 
流苏 (流蘇)
流血 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
流转 (流轉)
流通 
流逝 
流连 (流連)
流离 (流離)
流露 
流鼻涕 
漂流 
物流 
痛哭流涕 
直流 
禽流感 
细水长流 (細水長流)
血流 
车流 (車流)
轮流 (輪流)
逆流 
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
双流 (雙流)
电流 (電流)
头破血流 (頭破血流)

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  • 355th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 288 words
  • Component in 386 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)words • speech • to say • to talk
2. yán (yan2)"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) • see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

留言 
箴言 
言语 (言語)
语言 (語言)
谎言 (謊言)

Uncommon

一言一行 
一言不发 (一言不發)
一言九鼎 
一言难尽 (一言難盡)
三言两语 (三言兩語)
不言而喻 
代言 
代言人 
传言 (傳言)
前言 
千言万语 (千言萬語)
只言片语 (只言片語)
名言 
失言 
妙不可言 
宣言 
寓言 
寡言 
怨言 
恶言 (惡言)
慎言 
扬言 (揚言)
文言文 
方言 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
格言 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
溢于言表 (溢於言表)
无言 (無言)
无言以对 (無言以對)
甜言 
甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
直言 
真言 
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
总而言之 (總而言之)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
自言自语 (自言自語)
至理名言 
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
言传 (言傳)
言行 
言论 (言論)
言辞 (言辭)
誓言 
诺言 (諾言)
谣言 (謠言)
遗言 (遺言)
预言 (預言)
食言 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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