廖

廖

廖 U+5ED6, 廖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ED6 ← 廕 [U+5ED5] CJK Unified Ideographs 廗 → [U+5ED7]

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: 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

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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, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws) : semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): liu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liau⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

• Min Dong (BUC): lâiu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): liāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁷ / liou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁶
    • Yale: liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: liau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
    • Tâi-lô: liāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liao⁷ / liou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liāu / liōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau¹¹/, /liou¹¹/

Note:

• liao7 - Shantou;
• liou7 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: /leu/, /lɨu^H/

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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw/, /*rɯːws/, /*rɯws/

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. (～州) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao
2. a surname

   廖仲愷／廖仲恺  ―  Liào Zhòngkǎi  ―  Liao Zhongkai (Kuomintang leader)

Compounds

肖廖 (Xiàoliào)

廖灣／廖湾 (Liàowān)

蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒／蜀中无大将，廖化作先锋

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Japanese

Kanji

廖

(uncommon “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)

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Korean

Hanja

廖 (eum 료 (ryo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

廖: Hán Nôm readings: liêu

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References

• Nom Foundation