廖

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廖 U+5ED6, 廖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ED6
← 廕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廗 →

Translingual

Han character

廖 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈尸一竹 (ISMH), four-corner 00222, composition ⿸广翏)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 350, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9464
  • Dae Jaweon: page 661, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 900, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5ED6

Chinese

trad. 廖
simp. # 廖
2nd round simp. 𭙏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (翏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
醪 *ruːw
嫪 *ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐 *ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿 *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟 *rrɯːw
膠 *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇 *krɯːw
摎 *krɯːw, *rɯw
髎 *riw, *rɯːw
熮 *riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖 *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀 *rɯːw, *rɯw
豂 *rɯːw
漻 *rɯːw
翏 *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥 *rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼 *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝 *rɯːwʔ
鷚 *mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆 *mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠 *rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁 *rɯw
飂 *rɯw, *rɯws
鏐 *rɯw, *rɯw
僇 *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳 *r̥ʰɯw
璆 *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬 *mrɯws
蟉 *ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛 *krɯw
磟 *ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮 *rɯwɢ
剹 *rɯwɢ
穋 *rɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws) : semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • liao7 - Shantou;
  • liou7 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 廖 廖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 落蕭切 力救切
Baxter lew ljuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leu/ /lɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leu/ /liuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/leu/ /liəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛw/ /luwH/
Li
Rong 		/leu/ /liuH/
Wang
Li 		/lieu/ /lĭəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lieu/ /li̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		liáo liù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		liu4 lau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 廖 廖 廖
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8359 8369 8380
Phonetic
component 		翏 翏 翏
Rime
group 		幽 幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		聊 𩕐 溜
Old
Chinese 		/*rɯːw/ /*rɯːws/ /*rɯws/
Notes 見左傳 見漢書

Definitions

廖

  1. (～國) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao
  2. a surname
    廖仲愷／廖仲恺  ―  Liào Zhòngkǎi  ―  Liao Zhongkai (Kuomintang leader)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

廖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: りょう (ryō)←れう (reu, historical)
  • Kan-on: りょう (ryō)←れう (reu, historical)
  • Kun: むなしい (munashī)

Korean

Hanja

廖 (eum 료 (ryo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

廖: Hán Nôm readings: liêu

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References

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