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Kanji for Flow
The kanji for “flow” is 流, read ryuu and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
flow
To flow like a river; going with the current, free and graceful.
10 strokes On reading リュウ、ル (ryuu, ru) Kun reading ながれる、ながれ、ながす (nagareru, nagare, nagasu) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Readings used for names on Nazuke: nagare, ryuu, ru
In Japan it appears in about 438 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 流: Ismail 唯寿舞流 · Rudolph 瑠土流風 · Wolfram 望流風良武 · Valdecir 羽留天詩流 · Wolfgang 望流風香久 · Pierluigi 日永琉流生志 · Del 天流 · Dell 天流 · Adolf 亜登流風 · Bruce 舞流寿 · Silke 詩流敬 · Adolph 亜登流風 and 40 more
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