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飘

piāo

whirlwind

Phonosemantic compound. 风 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飄.

Components
风 meaning component

风  Meaning component

fēng

  

wind

票 sound component

票  Sound component

piào

  

slip of paper or bamboo

Evolution

飘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
飘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
飘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
飘 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
飘 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

飘 (飄) 

piāo

whirlwind, cyclone; floating; to float

飘 (飃) 

piāo

variant of 飄|飘[piāo]

Most common words with 飘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

飘

to float

飘逸

graceful

飘扬

to wave

飘飘

to float about

飘飘然

elated

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.3683% of movies

2114th most common character in movies

1527th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

飄

Unicode

U+98D8


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