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漂

piào, piāo, piǎo

float

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

票 sound component

票  Sound component

piào

  

slip of paper or bamboo

Evolution

漂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
漂 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漂 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

漂  

piào

float, drift; tossed about; elegant; polished

漂  

piāo

to float; to drift

漂  

piǎo

to bleach

Most common words with 漂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

漂亮

pretty

漂

elegant

漂浮

to float

漂流

rafting

漂泊

to rove

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 63.9917% of movies

562nd most common character in movies

1568th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+6F02

Shuowen

“漂，浮也。从水，票聲。”


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