EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun

    flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current

    流れは池に注いでいる。
    The stream falls into the pond.
  2. flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency

  3. course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process

  4. group of people who remain together after the end of an event

  5. descent; ancestry; school

  6. forfeiture; foreclosure

    Finance

  7. cancellation

    usu. as お流れsee お流れ

  8. drifting; wandering; roaming

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

current, a sink, flow, forfeit

Kun
なが.れるなが.れなが.す-なが.す
On
リュウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
280 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

ながれめぐる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3a7.10The Kanji Dictionary
3411.3, 3011.3Four corner code
357deroo
6d41Unicode hex code
1-46-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2576Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3160New Nelson (John Haig)
441New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
529Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
325Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
400Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
764Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
826Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
296A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1332Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
329Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17572PMorohashi
409A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
247Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334sakade
682Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
432henshall3
367Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
235crowley
279Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1200Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
771Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
liu2Pinyin reading
ryuKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level