# 流 — Stream

Frequency rank 241 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 他 (Other), less common than 起 (Wake Up).

- On’yomi: りゅう、る
- Kun’yomi: なが
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

A tsunami dumps its whole load of trash into the river and the three brown lanes braid it into one belt that never breaks.

In words:

- 流 りゅう — styleof;method of;manner of
- 流す ながす — to drain,to float,to shed (blood, tears),to cruise (e.g. taxi)
- 流れ ながれ — stream,current

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