• 漂ただよう — to drift; to float; to hang in the air
• 漂流ひょうりゅう — drifting; being adrift at sea
• 漂白ひょうはく — bleaching; whitening
• 漂白剤ひょうはくざい — bleach; bleaching agent
• 香かおりが漂ただよう — scent drifts through the air

The kanji 漂 combines the water radical 氵 with a phonetic element that suggests floating or drifting. It describes things carried along by water or air — a boat adrift, a smell hanging in a room, or even a vague, drifting feeling. From this sense of something being washed out or thinned, 漂 is also used in words for bleaching and whitening.