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On'yomi
リュウ・ル
RYUU / RU
Kun'yomi
なが.れる・なが.れ・なが.す・-なが.す
nagareru / nagare / nagasu / nagasu

current · a sink · flow · forfeit

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Strokes10
Frequency#280
Radicalwater(4)
Old Form

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Component Breakdown

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water + 㐬

Cultural Context

Etymology

Combines 'water' (氵) with 'flow' (㐬), depicting water flowing in a river. Means movement, change, and lineage.

Symbolism

Symbolizes flow, change, and passage of time. Represents the essence of life and culture that keeps changing without stopping.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Garden with blooming flowers

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

流言飛語

りゅうげんひご

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard; false rumour (rumor)

行雲流水

こううんりゅうすい

(metaphorically) floating with the tide; (metaphorically) floating with the tide

三界流転

さんがいるてん

endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences; endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences

生々流転

せいせいるてん

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration; all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

生死流転

しょうじるてん

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration; all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

風流三昧

ふうりゅうざんまい

taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy; taking delight in elegant pursuits

枕流漱石

ちんりゅうそうせき

sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong; sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

万物流転

ばんぶつるてん

all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing; all things are in a state of flux

落花流水

らっかりゅうすい

mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned; mutual love

流汗淋漓

りゅうかんりんり

profuse perspiration; dripping with sweat; profuse perspiration

流転輪廻

るてんりんね

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration; all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

漱石枕流

そうせきちんりゅう

sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong; sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

高山流水

こうざんりゅうすい

high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; beautifully (skillfully) played music; high mountains and running water

風流韻事

ふうりゅういんじ

elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy; elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy

不易流行

ふえきりゅうこう

the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; haiku is both fluid and transitory, and eternal and immutable; an interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku; the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku

無手勝流

むてかつりゅう

winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting; one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor); winning without fighting

流連荒亡

りゅうれんこうぼう

spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home

没風流漢

ぼつふうりゅうかん

prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine; prosaic person

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

みかの原 わきて流るる いづみ川 いつみきとてか 恋しかるらむ

Poem #27 from Hyakunin Isshu

中納言兼輔Chūnagon Kanesuke
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

山川に 風のかけたる しがらみは 流れもあへぬ 紅葉なりけり

Poem #32 from Hyakunin Isshu

春道列樹Harumichi no Tsuraki
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

滝の音は 絶えて久しく なりぬれど 名こそ流れて なほ聞こえけれ

Poem #55 from Hyakunin Isshu

大納言公任Dainagon Kintō
11th century