liū

slide

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

留 sound component

  Sound component

liú

  

to stay

Evolution

溜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
溜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
溜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
溜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liū

slide, glide, slip; slippery; to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate

Most common words with 溜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to slip away

溜走

to slip away

溜达

to stroll

溜冰

ice skating

一溜烟

like a wisp of smoke