Today’s #kanji is 流, which is listed under the radical of #さんずいへん（氵）, which suggests a connection with water. 流 is a compound ideograph made of 水 (water) and 㐬 whose meaning is apparently “for a baby to come out suddenly together with amniotic fluid.”
Meaning: to flow, to drain
Reading: リュウ、ル、なが
流行（リュウコウ）する: to be in fashion, to become popular, to catch on; to prevail, to be going around
今流行しているテレビゲーム the video game that is all the rage
流行を追う to follow the fashion, to take up the latest fad
インフルエンザが流行している Flu is going around.
流通（リュウツウ）する: to circulate, to float
流用（リュウヨウ）する: to divert ～ to (some other purpose)
公金を流用する to misappropriate government fund
部品を流用する to make use of parts
一流（イチリュウ）の: first-class, top-rank, leading, top-notch
急流（キュウリュウ）: a rapid stream, a strong current, a torrent
電流（デンリュウ）: an electric current, a flow of electricity
流刑（ルケイ/リュウケイ）: deportation, exile
流（なが）す: to pour, to shed, to flush (a toilet) ; to wash down, to play (music over a loudspeaker), to pass (electricity), etc.
流（なが）れる: to flow, to run, to float, to drift, etc.
流（なが）し: a (kitchen) sink; a strolling musician, a (taxi) cruising
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