liú

clear

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

刘 sound component

  Sound component

liú

  

surname

Evolution

浏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
浏 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
浏 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

liú

clear; bright; whistling; deep (of water); swift

Most common words with 浏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

浏览

to skim over

浏览器

browser (software)

浏阳

Liuyang county level city in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng​shā], Hunan

clear

浏阳市

Liuyang county level city in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng​shā], Hunan