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漂
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drift

HSK 7 N1
Human →Actions →Movement
piào, piāo
ヒョウ
ただよ.う
표
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 票 ticket =
漂 drift
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
票 Phonetic component
piào ticket
slip of paper or bamboo
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
漂 [piāo]
to float; to drift
漂 [piǎo]
to bleach
漂 [piào]
elegant; polished
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
漂 はなざき
Hanazaki unclassified name
漂 ひょう
Hyō given name
CHINESE WORDS (46)
漂亮 [piào​liang] #323
pretty
漂浮 [piāo​fú] #10,519
to float
漂流 [piāo​liú] #13,087
to float on the current
漂泊 [piāo​bó] #19,034
to drift (in the tide)
漂移 [piāo​yí] #15,037
to drift
漂白 [piǎo​bái] #16,396
to bleach
漂洗 [piǎo​xǐ] #33,928
to rinse (clothes)
漂白剂 [piǎo​bái​jì] #18,177
bleach
漂白剂 [piǎo​bái​jì] #18,177
bleach
打水漂 [dǎ​shuǐ​piāo] #41,037
to skip stones (on water)
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JAPANESE WORDS (33)
⭐ 漂う [ただよう] #1,926
to drift
⭐ 漂流 [ひょうりゅう] #28,923
drifting
⭐ 漂着 [ひょうちゃく] #37,963
drifting ashore
漂泊 [ひょうはく] #45,684
roaming
⭐ 漂白 [ひょうはく] #46,434
blanching
漂流者 [ひょうりゅうしゃ] #54,835
person adrift on the sea
漂流物 [ひょうりゅうぶつ] #61,422
driftwood
漂わす [ただよわす] #64,606
to set adrift
哀愁漂う [あいしゅうただよう] #72,822
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.)
⭐ 漂白剤 [ひょうはくざい] #92,215
bleaching agent
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KOREAN WORDS (3)
표류
floating
표백
bleaching
표백제
bleach; bleaching powder; bleaching agent