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瞭

瞭

See also: 了

Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
簝 *reːw, *reːw
潦 *reːwʔ, *reːws
獠 *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑 *reːwʔ
橑 *reːwʔ, *reːw
燎 *rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒 *rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚 *rewʔ, *reːw
嫽 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療 *rews
膫 *rews, *reːw
鷯 *rews, *reːw
遼 *reːw
撩 *reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹 *reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮 *reːw
飉 *reːw
竂 *reːw
鐐 *reːw, *reːws
蟟 *reːw
瞭 *reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚 *reːw
镽 *reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːw, *reːwʔ) : semantic 目 ‎(“eye”) + phonetic 尞.

Han character

瞭 (radical 109 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山大金火 (BUKCF), four-corner 64096, composition ⿰目尞)

  1. bright, clear, visible
  2. clear-sighted

References

  • KangXi: page 817, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23697
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2512, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+77AD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 瞭

Etymology

Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan lió, which may be etymologically unrelated.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瞭 瞭
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 落蕭切 盧鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /leu/ /leuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /leu/ /leuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /leu/ /leuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛw/ /lɛwX/
Li
Rong		 /leu/ /leuX/
Wang
Li		 /lieu/ /lieuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lieu/ /lieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 liáo liǎo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瞭 瞭
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8107 8111
Phonetic
component		 尞 尞
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 聊 了
Old
Chinese		 /*reːw/ /*reːwʔ/

Definitions

瞭

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Compounds

  • 瞭望／了望 (liàowàng)
  • 瞭望山／了望山
  • 瞭望臺／了望台 (liàowàngtái)
  • 瞭然／了然 (liǎorán)
  • 瞭若指掌／了若指掌
  • 瞭解／了解
  • 瞭高兒／了高儿
  • 簡單明瞭／简单明了
  • 踅門瞭戶／踅门了户

Japanese

Kanji

瞭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Proper noun

瞭 ‎(hiragana りょう, romaji Ryō)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

瞭 • ‎(ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瞭 (lẹo, liêu, lẽo, liễu, liệu)

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