浏 liú to browse
to browse; bright
How to remember 浏: 氵 water + 文 culture + 刂 knife = to browse. Sitting by the water with a book on culture and a knife for her apple, the student is happy just to browse the pages.
Component breakdown
浏 = 汶 + 刂 knife
- 汶
- 氵 water
- 文 culture
- 刂 knife
Sitting by the water with a book on culture and a knife for her apple, the student is happy just to browse the pages.
How it is used
- Almost entirely bound to one word family: 浏览 liúlǎn, to skim or browse (a text, a website), and 浏览器 liúlǎnqì, "browser" (the software).
- 浏览 implies a quick, non-thorough read - glancing over headlines or scrolling a page - as opposed to 阅读 yuèdú (to read carefully/in full).
- Outside 浏览-based words this character essentially never appears alone in modern usage.