韩流 Traditional form: 韓流 Pinyin (reading): Hánliú Definitions: Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s) Characters: 韩 - Korea, especially South Korea; surname 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class Traditional characters: 韓 - Korea, especially South Korea; surname 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class