| 1739 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1506 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2678 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1281 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1493 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2083 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 924 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 946 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1507 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1245 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 857 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 632 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18102 | Morohashi |
| 699 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3303 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1607 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1733 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1714 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1492 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 漂流 【ヒョウリュウ】 drifting, drift, being adrift
- 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
- 漂々 【ヒョウヒョウ】 buoyantly, airily, with a light heart
- 浮漂 【フヒョウ】 floating
Kun reading compounds
- 漂う 【ただよう】 to drift, to float, to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air, to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood), to wander, to walk around aimlessly, to be unsteady, to be unstable, to falter, to flinch, to wince, to live in unreliable circumstances
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo
Spanish
- divagar
- ir a la deriva
- flotar
Portuguese
- rumo
- bóiar (em líquido)
French
- dériver
- flotter
| 341 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a11.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 3119.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f02 | Unicode hex code |
wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
- On:
- ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浪 【ロウ】 person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
- 浪人 【ロウニン】 ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work, jobless person, wanderer, drifter
- 放浪 【ホウロウ】 wandering, roaming, drifting
- １浪 【イチロウ】 failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なに、 なみ
- Korean:
- rang
Spanish
- ola
- onda
- ondulación
- fluctuación
- divagación
- vagar
- inutilidad
Portuguese
- vagabundando
- ondas
- vagas
French
- ondes
- vagues
- flots
| 1937 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1445 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2570 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1197 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1475 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1339 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1753 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1877 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1398 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1202 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 527 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 323 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 398 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1482 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17482 | Morohashi |
| 439 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3155 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1580 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1362 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 365 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3313.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d6a | Unicode hex code |