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遼
遼
See also: 辽
Translingual
Han character
遼 (radical 162 辵+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜大金火 (YKCF), four-corner 34309, composition ⿺辶尞)
References
- KangXi: page 1265, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39137
- Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3881, character 5
- Unihan data for U+907C
Chinese
| trad. | 遼 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 辽 | |
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) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 尞.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: liao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
- IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: liu4
- Yale: lìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: liu4
- IPA (key): /liːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 遼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/leu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/leu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/leu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɛw/ |
| Li Rong |
/leu/ |
| Wang Li |
/lieu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liáo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 遼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8090 |
| Phonetic component |
尞 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
聊 |
| Old Chinese |
/*reːw/ |
Definitions
遼
Japanese
Kanji
遼
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Proper noun
遼 (hiragana りょう, romaji Ryō, historical hiragana れう)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
遼 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
遼 (liêu)
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