ちょく
直
りゅう
流

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. direct current, DC.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちょく
直
りゅう
流
 直流 ちょくりゅう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す　なお　チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
current, a sink, flow
リュウ　なが.れる　ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ　セン　か (1st, N5)