(liú): clear, deep (of water), swift

(liú) is a Chinese character meaning “clear.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #2659 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, water. Its radical form (water) appears in many related characters such as (shuǐ, water), (hàn, Han ethnic group), (, steam).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. clear
  2. deep (of water)
  3. swift

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵刘 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
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9

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verbliú lǎnto skim over5
nounliú lǎn qìbrowser (software)6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
liú yáng shìLiuyang, a county-level city in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
nounwǎng luò liú lǎn qìnetwork browser
liú lǎn ruǎn jiàna web browser
liú hǎivariant of 劉海|刘海
nounliú lǎn liàng(website) traffic
proper-nounliú yángsee 瀏陽市|浏阳市
8
Total compounds
88
As first character
0
As last character
13
As middle character

appears in 8 compound words: 88 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

lǎn
0.7789,009 co-occurrences
0.5326,274 co-occurrences
yáng
0.5272,248 co-occurrences
xié
0.513817 co-occurrences
wǎng
0.3861,207 co-occurrences
lào
0.383234 co-occurrences
0.366268 co-occurrences
tún
0.36136 co-occurrences
yìn
0.35428 co-occurrences
0.328460 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

览一下这份文件,看看有没有问题。

Qǐng liúlǎn yīxià zhè fèn wénjiàn, kànkan yǒu méiyǒu wèntí.

Please browse through this document to see if there are any issues.

IT之家Aug 2026

在此之前,该览器在遇到登录页面时任务会中断。

zài cǐ zhī qián , gāi liú lǎn qì zài yù dào dēng lù xié miàn shí rèn wù huì zhōng duàn .

Prior to this, the browser would stop responding when it encountered a login page.

爱范儿Aug 2026

无论看视频、览网页还是玩游戏,屏幕承担的主要功能都是展示内容。

wú lùn kàn shì pín , liú lǎn wǎng xié hái shì wán yóu xì , bǐng mù chéng dān de zhǔ yāo gōng néng dōu shì zhǎn shì nèi róng .

Whether you're watching videos, browsing the web, or playing games, the screen's primary function is to display content.

中国新闻网·生活Aug 2026

某短视频平台上“贵州探洞”热门视频点赞量超500万次,社交平台上相关话题览量破亿。

mǒu duǎn shì pín píng tái shàng guì zhōu tàn dòng rè mén shì pín diǎn zàn liàng chāo 5 0 0 wàn cì , shè jiāo píng tái shàng xiāng guān huà tí liú lǎn liàng pò yì .

A popular video titled “Cave Exploration in Guizhou” on a short-video platform has received over 5 million likes, and related topics on social media have garnered over 100 million views.

爱范儿Aug 2026

官方页面同时提供作品览与创作入口。

guān fāng xié miàn tóng shí tí gōng zuò pǐn liú lǎn yǔ chuàng zuò rù kǒu .

The official website provides both a platform for viewing works and a portal for creating them.

爱范儿Aug 2026

它还支持常见的览器操作,像是输入文字、发送按键、滚动、前进后退、刷新和跳转等。

tā hái zhī chí cháng jiàn de liú lǎn qì cāo zuò , xiàng shì shū rù wén zì , fā sòng àn jiàn , gǔn dòng , qián jìn hòu tuì , shuā xīn hé tiào zhuǎn děng .

It also supports common browser operations, such as entering text, sending keystrokes, scrolling, navigating forward and backward, refreshing, and navigating to other pages.

Tatoeba

你用哪一个览器?

Nǐ yòng nǎyīge liúlǎnqì?

Which browser do you use?

Tatoeba

你最喜欢哪一个网络览器?

Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎyīge wǎngluòliúlǎnqì?

What's your favorite web browser?

Tatoeba

他们经常在一块儿,去看歌剧或者览画廊。

Tāmen jīngcháng zài yīkuàir, qù kàn gējù huòzhě liúlǎn huàláng.

They are often together, and go to the opera or visit art galleries.

Tatoeba

览器跑得超级慢。

Liúlǎnqì pǎo de chāojí màn.

The browser is running really slowly.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced liú

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 浏 (liú) mean in Chinese?
浏 (liú) primarily means "clear." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2659 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 浏 and 浅?
浏 (liú) and 浅 (qiǎn) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 浏 (deep) vs 浅 (shallow).
How many strokes does 浏 have?
浏 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 浏?
The radical associated with 浏 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are the components of 浏?
浏 is composed of: 氵 (semantic), 刘 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰氵刘 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 浏?
Common words with 浏 include: 浏览 (liú lǎn, "to skim over"); 浏览器 (liú lǎn qì, "browser (software)"); 浏阳市 (liú yáng shì, "Liuyang, a county-level city in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan"); 网络浏览器 (wǎng luò liú lǎn qì, "network browser"); 浏览软件 (liú lǎn ruǎn jiàn, "a web browser"). There are over 8 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 浏 (liú)?
Several characters share the pronunciation liú: 流 (to flow), 留 (to stay, to keep), 六 (six), 刘 ((classical) a type of battle-ax), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 浏 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 浏 and the traditional form is 瀏.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.