浏

瀏

liú

刂 + 汶

Definitions

liú clear; deep (of water); swift

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 刘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀏.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 刘

About

浏 (liú) is the simplified form of 瀏, a phono-semantic compound. The water radical 氵 (shuǐ) on the left indicates a meaning related to water, rivers, or flowing liquids, and the component 刘 (liú) on the right gives the sound. In the traditional form 瀏, the phonetic was the more complex 劉 (liú); the simplification replaced it with 刘 to reduce the number of strokes. Originally, the character was used to describe clear, deep, or swiftly flowing water, as well as the sound of wind rustling through trees. Today, its primary usage is in computing, where it means browsing the internet or skimming digital documents.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

我喜欢浏览新闻网站。

Wǒ xǐhuān liúlǎn xīnwén wǎngzhàn.

I like to browse news websites.

我们使用浏览器上网。

Wǒmen shǐyòng liúlǎn qì shàngwǎng.

We use a browser to access the internet.

他快速地浏览了一下报告。

Tā kuàisù de liúlǎn le yíxià bàogào.

He quickly skimmed through the report.

浏览商品信息很方便。

Liúlǎn shāngpǐn xìnxī hěn fāngbiàn.

Browsing product information is very convenient.

我习惯在睡前浏览社交媒体。

Wǒ xíguàn zài shuì qián liúlǎn shèjiāo méitǐ.

I am in the habit of browsing social media before sleep.

请您仔细浏览这份合同条款。

Qǐng nín zǐxì liúlǎn zhè fèn hétong tiáokuǎn.

Please carefully review the terms of this contract.

他的眼睛浏览过房间的每个角落。

Tā de yǎnjing liúlǎnguò fángjiān de měi ge jiǎoluò.

His eyes swept over every corner of the room.

为了节省流量，他关闭了浏览器的图片加载。

Wèile jiéshěng liúliàng, tā guānbìle liúlǎn qì de túpiàn jiāzǎi.

To save data, he turned off image loading in the browser.

Related Characters

Component: 刂

浏