滮

flow

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Readings

On'yomi

ヒョウ
ヒュウ
ヒュ

Kun'yomi

なが.れる

Meaning

滮 centers on the idea of flowing, especially of water moving in a stream or current.

Study

Etymology

滮 is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 indicates the meaning 'flow', while 彪 likely contributes the sound. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 flows beside a 彪, a tiger-like shape with stripes that suggest rippling currents. Imagine a tiger's stripes flowing like water.

Reading mnemonic

For ヒョウ, picture a hyō (雹, hail) storm making water flow rapidly: hyō -> ヒョウ, and the hail melts into flowing streams.