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Chinese symbol for “bleach”

漂
piǎo
to bleach

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bleach is 漂 (piǎo), defined as: to bleach.

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Characters and stroke order

漂 piǎo
to drift, to float; to be tossed about; bleach
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bleach”

WordPinyinMeaning
漂白piǎo báito bleach; to whiten
漂白剂 (漂白劑)piǎo bái jìbleach
漂白水piǎo bái shuǐbleach
脱色 (脫色)tuō sèto lose color; to turn pale
澼pìbleach; to clean

Related words

Other words that share a character with 漂.

WordPinyinMeaning
漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful
漂流piāo liúto float on the current; to drift along or about
漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover
漂移piāo yíto drift
漂泊piāo bó(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence
漂白piǎo báito bleach; to whiten

See also: Japanese symbol for “bleach”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.