漂

漂 · piào

float, drift; tossed about

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

float, drift; tossed about

Mandarin
piào
Cantonese
piu1

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 漂 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

ヒョウ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

ただよう

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

ヒョウ ただよう

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

표

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
표
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

표:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

phều

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

phều

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6F02
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
14 · Unihan
Residual
11

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

14 strokes
漂
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰氵票(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 漂

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Sentence context · 1 matches

Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
phjiew · 撫招 反切 · #683
Middle Chinese
phjiewH · 匹妙 反切 · #2773

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 5517 · phjiew = 效開三平宵滂 · phjiewH = 效開三去宵滂

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
piào
kCantonese
piu1
kDefinition
float, drift; tossed about
kTotalStrokes
14
kRSUnicode
85.11
kGradeLevel
3
kTGH
2013:3163

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
piāo,piǎo,piào,biāo 31720.010
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
piāo 0873.080 · piǎo 0875.020 · piào 0875.080
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
piāo 283.090 · piǎo 283.180 · piào 284.050
Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
piào(68) piāo(17)
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
piāo粵piu1 piǎo粵piu3 piào粵piu3
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 1 example using 漂 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
40dictionary records using 漂1forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
氵 beside 票 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰氵票$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 40 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵票$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.