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流 means 'flow'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 204   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-4    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 18    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 178 words   Used in 547 words   Used in 860 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ル   リュウ
Kun
   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush　
Additional readings
Kun    ながれ
Name    な   ながれ   めぐる
Variants
流 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  㐬 private lidded river  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 流 is used 24 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 流 is used 522 times, read 3 ways.
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リュウ : 398 words FIND ALL
こ う り ゅ う 0
1. (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse
2. alternating current; AC
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ル : 24 words FIND ALL
る ふ 1
circulation; dissemination
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ながれる : 100 words FIND ALL
な が れ 3
noun
1. stream; current; flow
2. course of events
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An additional なが.す less common words include 流 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 432 (originally: 409)  Joy o' Kanji : 409  Key to Kanji: 1064 

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流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush　   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
㐬
private lidded river
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
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