飙 (biāo): (literary) very strong wind, gale, (bound form) wild, violent, unrestrained, furious

飙 (biāo) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) very strong wind.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 猋 (structural) and 风 (structural). It ranks #2984 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 飙 storm 猋 winds 风; 猋 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 风 (wind) appears in many related characters such as 风 (fēng, wind), 飘 (piāo, to float (in the air)).

Spoken pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 风 wind16 strokesFrequency #2984猋 structural风 structural

Definitions

  1. (literary) very strong wind
  2. gale
  3. (bound form) wild
  4. violent
  5. unrestrained
  6. furious

Etymology & Origin

飙

ideographicStorm 猋 winds 风; 猋 also provides the pronunciation

Decomposition: ⿰猋风 (layout: left-right)

Components:猋structural风structural

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
飙升verbbiāo shēngto rise rapidly
狂飙nounkuáng biāohurricane
飙口水verbbiāo kǒu shuǐgossip
发飙verbfā biāoto flip out
飙车verbbiāo chēto drive recklessly at high speed
飙风nounbiāo fēngfierce wind
飙泪biāo lèito cry profusely
飙汗verbbiāo hànto sweat profusely
飙涨verbbiāo zhǎng(of prices) to skyrocket
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Total compounds
78
As first character
22
As last character
0
As middle character

飙 appears in 9 compound words: 78 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 飙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

狂kuáng
0.514427 co-occurrences
升shēng
0.4861,131 co-occurrences
巅diān
0.43516 co-occurrences
价jià
0.427308 co-occurrences
泪lèi
0.42722 co-occurrences
涨zhǎng
0.42593 co-occurrences
榜bǎng
0.391152 co-occurrences
胀zhàng
0.38312 co-occurrences
车chē
0.370292 co-occurrences
腺xiàn
0.36218 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

了解飙字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。

le xiè biāo zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .

Understanding the origin of the character "飙" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.

風傳媒Feb 2026

比台股还会涨!韩国股市一路狂飙,专家解析从“折价”走向“重新评价”的关...

bǐ tái gǔ hái huì zhǎng ! hán guó gǔ shì yī lù kuáng biāo , zhuān jiā jiě xī cóng zhé jià zǒu xiàng chóng xīn píng jià de guān . . .

It will rise more than Taiwan stocks! The South Korean stock market has been soaring, and experts analyze the key from "discount" to "re-evaluation"...

三立新聞網Feb 2026

震撼!挖3563克拉紫星彩宝 飙126亿台币

zhèn hàn ! wā 3 5 6 3 kè lā zǐ xīng cǎi bǎo biāo 1 2 6 yì tái bì

Shocking! Digging 3,563 carats of purple star colored treasures soared to NT$12.6 billion

NewtalkFeb 2026

WBC练习赛张峻玮对韩职投2局 飙速155公里

W B C liàn xí sài zhāng jùn 玮 duì hán zhí tóu 2 jú biāo sù 1 5 5 gōng lǐ

WBC practice match Zhang Junwei pitched 2 innings against South Korea and soared 155 kilometers

InvestingFeb 2026

...nvestingPro于4月标记低估以来飙升71%

. . . n v e s t i n g P r o yú 4 yuè biāo jì dī gū yǐ lái biāo shēng 7 1

... nvestingPro surges 71% since marking undervaluation in April

Character Family

风 Radical Family — Characters sharing the wind radical

风fēng飘piāo

Related Characters

风fēng飘piāo

Homophones — Characters pronounced biāo

表biǎo标biāo

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 飙 (biāo) mean in Chinese?
飙 (biāo) primarily means "(literary) very strong wind." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2984 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 飙 and 淡?
飙 (biāo) and 淡 (dàn) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 飙 (strong) vs 淡 (weak).
How many strokes does 飙 have?
飙 is written with 16 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 飙?
The radical associated with 飙 is 风 (wind). This radical appears in many characters related to wind.
What are the components of 飙?
飙 is composed of: 猋 (structural), 风 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰猋风 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 飙?
Common words with 飙 include: 飙升 (biāo shēng, "to rise rapidly"); 狂飙 (kuáng biāo, "hurricane"); 飙口水 (biāo kǒu shuǐ, "gossip"); 发飙 (fā biāo, "to flip out"); 飙车 (biāo chē, "to drive recklessly at high speed"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 飙 (biāo)?
Several characters share the pronunciation biāo: 表 (exterior surface), 标 (mark). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 飙 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 飙 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.