物流
wù liú · HSK 7
logistics
📦🚚 物流 = goods (物) + flow (流): the flow of goods = logistics
物 means thing or goods; 流 means to flow or current. Logistics is literally goods-flow — the movement of products from warehouse to door. The same 流 shows up in 交流 (exchange) and 流动 (to move/circulate).
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'.