The kanji 漂: meaning, readings and stroke order

漂

Meaning: drift, float
On reading: ヒョウ hyou
Kun reading: ただよ（う） tadayou
Strokes: 14
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trôi nổi, phảng phất (phiêu)
Japanese: ただよう。うかんでながれる。
Korean: 떠다니다, 감돌다 (표)
Chinese: 漂浮、飘荡

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒョウ hyou · on reading · less common

漂ひょう流りゅう
drifting (at sea)
船が 漂ひょう流りゅうしました。
The ship drifted away.

ただよ（う） tadayou · kun reading · less common

漂ただよう
to drift, to float in the air
花のかおりが 漂ただよいます。
The smell of flowers floats in the air.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.