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)

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/
    Bernard
    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

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    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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