浏 (liú): clear, deep (of water), swift

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

Etymologically derived, 浏 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).

Native pronunciation
HSK 5Radical: 氵 water9 strokesFrequency #2659氵 semantic刘 phonetic

Definitions

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

Etymology & Origin

浏

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵刘 (layout: left-right)

Components:氵semantic刘phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
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9

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 浏

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

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
浏阳市liú yáng shìLiuyang, a county-level city in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan
网络浏览器wǎng luò liú lǎn qìnetwork browser
浏览软件liú lǎn ruǎn jiàna web browser
浏海liú hǎivariant of 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
浏览量liú lǎn liàng(website) traffic
浏阳liú yángsee 瀏陽市|浏阳市[Liu2 yang2 Shi4]
8
Total compounds
88
As first character
0
As last character
13
As middle character

浏 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 浏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

览lǎn
0.80826,991 co-occurrences
器qì
0.58418,804 co-occurrences
阳yáng
0.5356,744 co-occurrences
页xié
0.5112,442 co-occurrences
网wǎng
0.4643,612 co-occurrences
络lào
0.389702 co-occurrences
户hù
0.371804 co-occurrences
豚tún
0.366108 co-occurrences
荫yìn
0.35984 co-occurrences
河hé
0.3331,380 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

请浏览一下这份文件，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.

Tatoeba

你用哪一个浏览器？

Nǐ yòng nǎyīge liúlǎnqì?

Which browser do you use?

Tatoeba

你最喜欢哪一个网络浏览器？

Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎyīge wǎngluòliúlǎnqì?

What's your favorite web browser?

Tatoeba

他们经常在一块儿，去看歌剧或者浏览画廊。

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

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

Tatoeba

浏览器跑得超级慢。

Liúlǎnqì pǎo de chāojí màn.

The browser is running really slowly.

Tatoeba

他快速浏览摘要，寻找要找的论文。

Tā kuàisù liúlǎn zhāiyào, xúnzhǎo yào zhǎo de lùnwén.

He quickly read through the abstracts to find the paper he was looking for.

Tatoeba

不是所有的网路浏览器都是安全的。

Bù shì suǒyǒu de wǎnglù liúlǎnqì dōu shì ānquán de.

Not all internet browsers are safe.

Tatoeba

我使用火狐浏览器。

Wǒ shǐyòng Huǒhú liúlǎnqì.

I use Firefox.

Character Family

氵 Radical Family — Characters sharing the water radical

澳ào滨bīn濒bīn波bō沧cāng测cè潮cháo澈chè澄chéng池chí

Related Characters

水shuǐ汉hàn汽qì没méi洗xǐ渴kě永yǒng求qiú河hé油yóu

Homophones — Characters pronounced liú

溜liū刘liú流liú留liú瘤liú柳liǔ六liù遛liù

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[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], 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: 溜 (to slip away), 刘 ((classical) a type of battle-ax), 流 (to flow), 留 (to stay, to keep), 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.