気流
きりゅう · kiryuu · JLPT N1 · noun
current
🌬️ 气流 = qi (air) + liu (flow): air that flows, like a river of wind
気 (ki) means air or spirit; 流 (ryuu) means flow. Together, 気流 is a flow of air high in the sky.
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'.