Meaning & readings
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
On’yomi リュウ、ル
Kun’yomi なが.れる、なが.れ、なが.す、-なが.す
Nanori な、ながれ、めぐる
Origin
This character combines water on the left with a component on the right that suggests movement or continuity. The water radical indicates this is about liquid, while the right side conveys the sense of things moving along or being carried forward. Together they create the image of water flowing—moving continuously in one direction, carrying things with it. This visual metaphor of flowing water naturally extends to related meanings like "current" and "forfeit" (where something flows away or is lost).
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 氵
- 㐬
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 10
- Kangxi radical
- 85
- Grade
- Grade 3 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #280 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+06D41