Memory phrase for the Kanji: 流

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Left: water 氵, right: newborn baby

(child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), water/amniotic fluid 川

Water as well as a newborn child's amniotic fluid are flowing.

氵	water	The radical sanzui* 氵 is a short form of water 水*
充	assign, fill (battery)
	new born baby	Character of 子, but upside down: The child comes at the birth with head first.
川	river	The water 水 is simplified here as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.

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流れる	ながれる	to stream, to flow, to run (ink), to be washed away
流す	ながす	to drain, to float, to shed (blood, tears), to cruise (e.g. taxi)
流れ	ながれ	stream, current
流派	りゅうは	school (e.g. of ikebana)
流浪する	るろうする	wander, roam about
電流	でんりゅう	electric current
泥流	でいりゅう	(volcanic) mud flow, Mudslide
渓流	けいりゅう	mountain stream
直流	ちょくりゅう	direct current

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