Character: 漂
Modern (Beijing) reading: piāo
Preclassic Old Chinese: phew
Classic Old Chinese: phew
Western Han Chinese: phjaw
Eastern Han Chinese: phjaw
Early Postclassic Chinese: phjew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phjew
Late Postclassic Chinese: phjew
Middle Chinese: phjew
English meaning : to toss about
Russian meaning[s]: 1) плавать, носиться (по воде); 2) колыхаться (на ветру); 3) двигать; колыхать; [piǎo] 1) отмывать (хлопок); промывать, прополаскивать; 2) белить (ткань); [piào] 1) уплыть; перен. прогореть; 2) красивый, хорошенький
Comments: A somewhat later attested meaning is 'to float'. Viet. phao is colloquial;
standard Sino-Viet. is phiêu. Since Han the character has also obtained a
reading *phew-s, MC phjèw, Mand. piào (with an irregular variant piǎo),
Viet. phiếu 'to wash white, whiten'.
standard Sino-Viet. is phiêu. Since Han the character has also obtained a
reading *phew-s, MC phjèw, Mand. piào (with an irregular variant piǎo),
Viet. phiếu 'to wash white, whiten'.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 8182
Karlgren code: 1157 i
Vietnamese reading: phao
