飄

See also: 飃 and 飘

飄 U+98C4, 飄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98C4 ← 飃 [U+98C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 飅 → [U+98C5]

Translingual

Han character

飄 (Kangxi radical 182, 風+11, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一火竹弓戈 (MFHNI), four-corner 1791₀, composition ⿰票風)

1. whirlwind, cyclone
2. floating

Derived characters

• 𤅜, 𦣕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1414, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43946
• Dae Jaweon: page 1936, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4490, character 19
• Unihan data for U+98C4

Chinese

trad.		飄
simp.		飘
alternative forms		飃／飘 漂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (票) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
標	*pew, *pewʔ
鏢	*pew, *pʰew
瘭	*pew
幖	*pew
熛	*pew
蔈	*pew
膘	*prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
褾	*pewʔ
票	*pʰew
飄	*pʰew, *bew
漂	*pʰew, *pʰews
螵	*pʰew, *bew
瞟	*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
嫖	*pʰew, *pʰews
旚	*pʰew
僄	*pʰew, *pʰews
慓	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
彯	*pʰew, *pʰews
摽	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
翲	*pʰew, *pʰews
嘌	*pʰew
縹	*pʰewʔ
醥	*pʰewʔ
顠	*pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
篻	*pʰewʔ, *mbew
剽	*pʰews, *bew
勡	*pʰews
薸	*bew
瓢	*bew
鰾	*bewʔ
驃	*bews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰew, *bew): phonetic 票 (OC *pʰew) + semantic 風 (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāo (piao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹
• Northern Min (KCR): piáu
• Eastern Min (BUC): piĕu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pieo¹ / piao¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹
    • Yale: pyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piau
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: piu¹
    • Yale: pīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: piáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiau⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: piĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pa̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiəu⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: piao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɐu⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau
    • Tâi-lô: phiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 飄
Mandarin	Beijing	/pʰiɑu⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/pʰiau⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/pʰiɑu²¹/
	Jinan	/pʰiɔ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/pʰiɔ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/pʰiau²⁴/
	Xi'an	/pʰiau²¹/
	Xining	/pʰiɔ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pʰiɔ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/pʰiɔ³¹/
	Ürümqi	/pʰiɔ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/pʰiau⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/pʰiau⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/pʰiao⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/pʰiɔ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/pʰiɔo³¹/
	Hefei	/pʰiɔ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pʰiau¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pʰiɔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pʰɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/pʰiɔ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/pʰiæ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/pʰiɔ³³/
	Wenzhou	/pʰiɛ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰiɔ³¹/
	Tunxi	/pʰiu¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰiau³³/
	Xiangtan	/pʰiaɯ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰiɛu⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰiau⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/pʰeu¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰiu⁵³/
	Nanning	/pʰiu⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pʰiu⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pʰiau⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰieu⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pʰiau⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰiau³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fiau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjiew, phjiew

Rime
Character	飄	飄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符霄切	撫招切
Baxter	bjiew	phjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇu/	/pʰiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛu/	/pʰiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæu/	/pʰjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biaw/	/pʰiaw/
Li Rong	/biɛu/	/pʰiɛu/
Wang Li	/bĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piáo	piāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu4	piu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*bew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飄	飄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9752	9783
Phonetic component	票	票
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	爂	瓢
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*bew/

Definitions

飄

1. to drift
2. to flutter (in the wind)
3. (of snow) to fall
4. complacent

Compounds

• 丰神飄灑 / 丰神飘洒
• 斷梗飄萍 / 断梗飘萍
• 斷梗飄蓬 / 断梗飘蓬
• 書劍飄零 / 书剑飘零
• 東飄西蕩 / 东飘西荡
• 桂子飄香 / 桂子飘香
• 湖海飄零 / 湖海飘零
• 琴劍飄零 / 琴剑飘零
• 發飄 / 发飘
• 眾喣飄山 / 众喣飘山
• 神魂飄蕩 / 神魂飘荡 (shénhúnpiāodàng)
• 萍飄蓬轉 / 萍飘蓬转
• 虛舟飄瓦 / 虚舟飘瓦
• 虛飄飄 / 虚飘飘
• 行蹤飄忽 / 行踪飘忽
• 輕飄 / 轻飘
• 輕飄飄 / 轻飘飘 (qīngpiāopiāo)
• 風雨飄搖 / 风雨飘摇 (fēngyǔpiāoyáo)
• 風飄 / 风飘
• 飄動 / 飘动 (piāodòng)
• 飄塵 / 飘尘
• 飄字 / 飘字
• 飄帶 / 飘带
• 飄忽 / 飘忽 (piāohū)
• 飄忽不定 / 飘忽不定 (piāohūbùdìng)
• 飄悠 / 飘悠
• 飄拂 / 飘拂 (piāofú)
• 飄揚 / 飘扬 (piāoyáng)
• 飄搖 / 飘摇 (piāoyáo)
• 飄撇 / 飘撇 (phiau-phiat) (Min Nan)
• 飄散 / 飘散 (piāosàn)
• 飄泊 / 飘泊 (piāobó)
• 飄泛 / 飘泛
• 飄流 / 飘流 (piāoliú)
• 飄洋 / 飘洋
• 飄洋過海 / 飘洋过海
• 飄浮 / 飘浮 (piāofú)
• 飄浮球 / 飘浮球
• 飄渺 / 飘渺 (piāomiǎo)
• 飄溢 / 飘溢
• 飄灑 / 飘洒
• 飄然 / 飘然 (piāorán)
• 飄畦 / 飘畦
• 飄疾 / 飘疾
• 飄眇 / 飘眇
• 飄緲 / 飘缈
• 飄翼舵 / 飘翼舵
• 飄舉 / 飘举
• 飄舞 / 飘舞 (piāowǔ)
• 飄若神仙 / 飘若神仙
• 飄茵落溷 / 飘茵落溷
• 飄落 / 飘落 (piāoluò)
• 飄蓬 / 飘蓬
• 飄蓬斷梗 / 飘蓬断梗
• 飄蕭 / 飘萧
• 飄蕩 / 飘荡 (piāodàng)
• 飄薄 / 飘薄 (piāobó)
• 飄逸 / 飘逸 (piāoyì)
• 飄遊 / 飘游
• 飄開 / 飘开
• 飄零 / 飘零 (piāolíng)
• 飄風 / 飘风
• 飄風急雨 / 飘风急雨
• 飄風戲月 / 飘风戏月
• 飄風暴雨 / 飘风暴雨
• 飄風驟雨 / 飘风骤雨
• 飄颺 / 飘飏 (piāoyáng)
• 飄颻 / 飘飖 (piāoyáo)
• 飄飄 / 飘飘 (piāopiāo)
• 飄飄欲仙 / 飘飘欲仙 (piāopiāoyùxiān)
• 飄飄然 / 飘飘然 (piāopiāorán)
• 飄飄蕩蕩 / 飘飘荡荡
• 飄香屑 / 飘香屑
• 魂飄魄散 / 魂飘魄散
• 鳳泊鸞飄 / 凤泊鸾飘
• 鸞飄鳳泊 / 鸾飘凤泊 (luánpiāofèngbó)

References

• “飄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “飘”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 飄

飄

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}、びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kun: つむじかぜ (tsumujikaze, 飄)

Compounds

• 飄石(ずんばい) (zunbai)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
飄
ひょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

/peu/ → /ɸeu/ → /hjoː/

From Middle Chinese 飄 (MC phjiew).

Affix

飄(ひょう) • (hyō) ^{←へう (feu)?}

1. whirlwind
2. (of wind) fluttering
3. transcendence
4. alternative spelling of 嫖 (hyō): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• 飄(ひょう)飄(ひょう) (hyōhyō)
• 飄(ひょう)逸(いつ) (hyōitsu)
• 飄(ひょう)客(かく) (hyōkaku)
• 飄(ひょう)乎(こ) (hyōko)
• 飄(ひょう)然(ぜん) (hyōzen)
• 飄(ひょう)風(ふう) (hyōfū)
• 飄(ひょう)揚(よう) (hyōyō)

Korean

Hanja

飄 • (pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune–Reischauer p'yo, Yale phyo)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.