Japanese symbol for “castaway”
漂流者
ひょうりゅうしゃ
Romaji: hyouryuusha
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
In Japanese, castaway is 漂流者, read ひょうりゅうしゃ (hyouryuusha).
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Meanings
- n person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漂う | ただよう tadayou | to drift; to float |
| 漂流 | ひょうりゅう hyouryuu | drifting; drift; being adrift |
| 漂白 | ひょうはく hyouhaku | blanching; bleaching |
| 漂着 | ひょうちゃく hyouchaku | drifting ashore |
| 漂泊 | ひょうはく hyouhaku | roaming; drifting about; wandering |
| 漂白剤 | ひょうはくざい hyouhakuzai | bleaching agent; bleach |
| 流れ | ながれ nagare | flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current |
| 交流 | こうりゅう kouryuu | exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction |
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.