流程
liúchéng · HSK 7
workflow
🌊 流 (flow) + 程 (course/journey) = the flow's course = a workflow or process
流 is flow or current (think a river streaming); 程 is a course or set procedure. Put them together and you get the course a flow follows: a workflow, a procedure, or a river's course downstream.
流 — water radical 氵 + 㐬 (phonetic, child being born)
流 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The water radical 氵 gives the meaning, while 㐬 depicts an infant being born head-down with amniotic fluid, suggesting downward flow. Together they convey water flowing, and by extension 'to flow' or 'current'.