漂 (piāo)
To float; to drift.
How 漂 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 漂
- Simplified
- 漂 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 覀 west
- 示 sign
漂 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- piāo
- to float; to drift
- piǎo
- to bleach
- piào
- elegant; polished
Common words using 漂
- 漂亮 piàoliang
- pretty; beautiful
- 漂泊 piāobó
- to drift (in the tide); to rove; to lead a wandering existence
- 漂移 piāoyí
- drift (electrical)
- 打水漂 dǎshuǐpiāo
- to skim stones; to squander; to spend but get nothing in return
- 浮漂 fúpiāo
- see 漂浮[piao1 fu2]
- 漂染 piǎorǎn
- to bleach and dye
- 漂洋 piāoyáng
- to cross the ocean
- 漂洗 piǎoxǐ
- to rinse (clothes)
- 漂流 piāoliú
- to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting
- 漂流瓶 piāoliúpíng
- message in a bottle
- 漂浮 piāofú
- to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
- 漂白 piǎobái
- to bleach; to whiten
漂 in a sentence
河面上漂著幾片落葉。
Hémiàn shàng piāo zhe jǐ piàn luòyè.
“There are a few fallen leaves floating on the river surface.”
How common is 漂?
漂 is the 1,566th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95% of all running text.
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