流
liú HSK2

flow

流 liú
to spread verb
to circulate, spread, or pass down; to become widely known
to flow verb
to flow or stream like a liquid; to shed tears, sweat, or blood

河从桥下流过。

hé cóng qiáo xià liú guò.

The river flows under the bridge.

别为这个家伙流眼泪。

bié wèi zhè​ge jiā​huo liú yǎn​lèi.

Don't cry for this guy.

stream noun
a stream of water or a continuous moving mass of something resembling a liquid, such as air or electricity
to drift nounverb
to move or wander without a fixed direction; to drift or roam
smooth adjective
(bound form) smooth; fluent; easy-flowing
class adjective
a category, school of thought, grade, or rank
to degenerate verb
to drift or turn toward a negative direction or state
to banish verb
to send into exile as a form of punishment
lumen
a unit of measurement for light; short for 流明 liú​míng
surname
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
396th most common 555.0 per million
Movie subtitles
553rd most common 255.0 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.2 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
121.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6D41

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)