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支流

支流

Chinese

 
(a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
 
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
simp. and trad.
(支流)

Noun

支流

  1. tributary (river that flows into a larger river)
  2. minor aspects

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
りゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

支流 (hiragana しりゅう, romaji shiryū)

  1. tributary, feeder of a river
  2. splinter group

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

支流 (jiryu) (hangeul 지류)

  1. Hanja form? of 지류, “tributary”.