飘

飃/飄

piāo

票 + 风

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Definitions

piāo (verb) to float; to drift

piāo (adjective) fluttering; swaying in wind

Etymology

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

Semantic: 风 Phonetic: 票

About

飘 depicts things fluttering or floating in the air. It is a phono-semantic compound, simplified from 飄. The phonetic element 票 (piào), a character meaning 'ticket' or 'slip of paper,' supplies the sound, while the semantic component is the wind radical. In the traditional form, the full radical 風 sits on the right beside 票; the simplified character retains 票 on the left and reduces the wind radical to 风 on the right. The wind radical places the character among actions involving air currents and light, drifting movement.

Etymology Hide

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

红旗在风中飘扬。

Hóngqí zài fēng zhōng piāoyáng.

The red flag is fluttering in the wind.

树叶从树上飘落。

Shùyè cóng shù shàng piāoluò.

Leaves are falling from the tree.

白云在天空飘浮。

Báiyún zài tiānkōng piāofú.

White clouds are floating in the sky.

花香在空气中飘散。

Huāxiāng zài kōngqì zhōng piāosàn.

The scent of flowers is drifting through the air.

她的长发在风中飘荡。

Tā de chángfà zài fēng zhōng piāodàng.

Her long hair is waving in the wind.

远处传来飘渺的歌声。

Yuǎnchù chuánlái piāomiǎo de gēshēng.

A faint, ethereal song comes from the distance.

他的思绪飘向了遥远的故乡。

Tā de sīxù piāo xiàng le yáoyuǎn de gùxiāng.

His thoughts drifted toward his distant hometown.

那个彩色气球在蓝天上高高地飘着。

Nàge cǎisè qìqiú zài lántiān shàng gāogāo de piāo zhe.

That colorful balloon is floating high in the blue sky.

Related Characters

Component: 票

Component: 风

飘