U+6D41 "流" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
流
U+6D41 "流" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "flow" or "current," commonly used to describe the movement of liquids like water, as well as abstract concepts such as the passage of time, circulation, or a school of thought. Its structure combines the water radical on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its linguistic roots in ancient Chinese script. This character appears frequently in words like 河流 (river flow), 流行 (popular or trend), and 交流 (exchange or communication), making it a versatile element in modern East Asian languages including Mandarin and Japanese.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6D41 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 流 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 流 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB5 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6D41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006D41 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6d41 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AC79 |
| kCCCII | 21473B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-517C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-517C |
| kCangjie | EYIU |
| kCantonese | lau4 |
| kCihaiT | 791.102 |
| kCowles | 2245 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1019.070 |
| kDefinition | flow, circulate, drift; class |
| kEACC | 21473B |
| kFanqie | 力求 |
| kFenn | 871C |
| kFennIndex | 313.06 314.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3411.3 |
| kGB0 | 3387 |
| kGB1 | 3387 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 1104a |
| kHangul | 류:0E 유:0 |
| kHanYu | 31631.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu | liú(1162) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31631.120:liú |
| kHKGlyph | 2181 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1019.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31631.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0623.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4177 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AC79 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E2E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D9AC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5735 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-517C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5C43 |
| kJapanese | リュウ ル ながれる ながす ながれ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2080 |
| kJapaneseKun | NAGARERU NAGASU NAGARE |
| kJapaneseOn | RYUU RU |
| kJis0 | 4614 |
| kKangXi | 0623.040 |
| kKorean | LYU |
| kLau | 1822 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3177 |
| kMandarin | liú |
| kMatthews | 4080 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1495 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015330 MJ015330:E0101 MJ015329:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 17572' 17572':E0101 17431:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2576 |
| kPhonetic | 779 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3958+85.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.6 |
| kSBGY | 203.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 366.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liú粵lau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3177 |
| kTang | *liou |
| kTGHZ2013 | 228.050:liú |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lưu |
| kXerox | 242:366 |
| kXHC1983 | 0724.060:liú |