Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 漂 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 644, Entry 22 Pronounced piao Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To drift or float. Book of Documents (Shujing), Wucheng chapter: Blood flowed enough to float the pestles. Also means to move or agitate. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Prince Jing of Zhongshan: The collective warmth can displace a mountain. Also the same as the character for whirlwind. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zheng Feng: The wind blows at the woman. Commentary: The term used here is synonymous with blowing. Also, piao piao indicates the appearance of flying high. Jia Yi, Rhapsody on Lamenting Qu Yuan (Diao Qu Yuan Fu): The phoenix flies high and departs. Also means cold. Ma Rong, Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu): Pure, cold, and gusty. Annotation: Describes a clear, cool, and chilling appearance. Also, Du Du, Rhapsody on the Capital (Lun Du Fu): Floating and brushing against Zhuya. Annotation: Describes the act of brushing near something. Also pronounced biao. Same as the character for a skin infection (biao); a type of ulcer. Also pronounced piao. To beat silk wadding in water. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin: Finally spent several days washing and bleaching. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as a variant form. Also a name of a river. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): South of Wei Mountain is another mountain, from which the Piao River flows. Annotation: Pronounced piao. Also piao pie, describing the appearance of lingering sounds lightly colliding. Wang Bao, Rhapsody on the Panpipes (Dongxiao Fu): The modulated breath leaves an echo, continuous and floating. Also pronounced piao. Same meaning as above. Also to float. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Originally written as a variant form. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Also written as a variant form.