(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).

Native 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
5
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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
wǎng luò liú lǎn qìnetwork browser
liú lǎn ruǎn jiàna web browser
liú hǎivariant of 劉海|刘海
liú lǎn liàng(website) traffic
liú 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
0.80826,991 co-occurrences
0.58418,804 co-occurrences
yáng
0.5356,744 co-occurrences
xié
0.5112,442 co-occurrences
wǎng
0.4643,612 co-occurrences
lào
0.389702 co-occurrences
0.371804 co-occurrences
tún
0.366108 co-occurrences
yìn
0.35984 co-occurrences
0.3331,380 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.

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.

Tatoeba

他快速览摘要,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

不是所有的网路览器都是安全的。

Bù shì suǒyǒu de wǎnglù liúlǎnqì dōu shì ānquán de.

Not all internet browsers are safe.

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.