寥廓

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Chinese

empty; lonesome; very few big; empty; open
trad. (寥廓)
simp. #(寥廓)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (37) (29)
Final () (93) (127) (104)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () IV IV I
Fanqie
Baxter lew lek khwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leu/ /lek̚/ /kʰwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/leu/ /lek̚/ /kʰʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/leu/ /lɛk̚/ /kʰuɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛw/ /lɛjk̚/ /kʰwak̚/
Li
Rong
/leu/ /lek̚/ /kʰuɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/lieu/ /liek̚/ /kʰuɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieu/ /liek̚/ /kʰwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo kuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
liu4 lik6 fok3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 8366 8370 4758
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯːw/ /*rɯːwɢ/ /*kʰʷaːɡ/
Notes

Adjective

寥廓

  1. (formal) boundless; vast

Synonyms