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liú

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liú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liú | liu2
English translation
bright; clear; deep; swift

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About liú

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

liú

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of liú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵劉

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

liú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and liú represents the sound. Simplified form of liú .

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Words with liú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
浏览 liúlǎn to skim over瀏覽
浏览器 liú lǎn qì browser (software)瀏覽器
浏阳 Liú yáng Liuyang county level city in Changsha 長沙|长沙 Cháng shā [Cháng​shā], Hunan瀏陽
liú clear liú
浏阳市 Liú yáng shì Liuyang county level city in Changsha 長沙|长沙 Cháng shā [Cháng​shā], Hunan瀏陽市
浏览量 liú lǎn liàng page views瀏覽量

liú Decomposition & Compounds

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