漂
drift; float (on liquid)
14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1492.
Readings
- ヒョウ (on reading): 漂流 (ひょうりゅう) drifting; 漂着 (ひょうちゃく) drifting ashore
- ただよう (kun reading): 漂う (ただよう) to drift; 漂わす (ただよわす) to set adrift
Components
- 氵
- 票
- 二 radical two
- 小 radical small
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- 示 radical altar; show
- 西 radical west; cover
Words using 漂
- 漂流 (ひょうりゅう) drifting
- 漂着 (ひょうちゃく) drifting ashore
- 漂泊者 (ひょうはくしゃ) vagabond
- 漂白 (ひょうはく) blanching
- 漂白剤 (ひょうはくざい) bleaching agent
- 漂う (ただよう) to drift
- 漂わす (ただよわす) to set adrift
- 哀愁漂う (あいしゅうただよう) sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.)
30 words in all.