遼

遼

See also: 辽

遼 U+907C, 遼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907C ← 遻 [U+907B] CJK Unified Ideographs 遽 → [U+907D]

遼 U+F9C3, 遼 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C3 ← 蓼 [U+F9C2] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 龍 → [U+F9C4]

Translingual

Japanese	遼
Simplified	辽
Traditional	遼

Han character

遼 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜大金火 (YKCF), four-corner 3430₉, composition ⿺辶尞)

Derived characters

• 𤃜

References

• KangXi: page 1265, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39137
• Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3881, character 5
• Unihan data for U+907C
• Unihan data for U+F9C3

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Chinese

trad.		遼
simp.		辽
alternative forms		𨖚

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

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liàu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau²

• Min Dong (BUC): lièu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): liâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵ / liou⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): liau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Yale: lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: liauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau²
    • Sinological IPA: /liau¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
    • Tâi-lô: liâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liao⁵ / liou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/

Note:

• liao5 - Shantou;
• liou5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: liau (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /leu/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/

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

1. distant; far
2. ^† long; prolonged
3. (～朝) Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
4. (～河, ～水) Liao (a river in Northeast China)
5. Short for 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng, “Liaoning Province of China”).

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.
Republic of China 民國／民国	1912 C.E. – present
People's Republic of China 人民共和國／人民共和国	1949 C.E. – present

Compounds

松遼平原／松辽平原 窔遼／窔辽 西遼／西辽 (Xīliáo) 遼三彩／辽三彩 遼天祚帝／辽天祚帝 遼太宗／辽太宗 遼太祖／辽太祖 遼朗／辽朗

遼朝／辽朝 (Liáocháo) 遼東／辽东 (Liáodōng) 遼東半島／辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo) 遼東帽／辽东帽 遼東灣／辽东湾 (Liáodōngwān) 遼東白豕／辽东白豕 遼東豕／辽东豕 遼東鶴／辽东鹤

遼河／辽河 (Liáo Hé) 遼落／辽落 遼西／辽西 (Liáoxī) 遼西走廊／辽西走廊 遼遠／辽远 (liáoyuǎn) 遼遼／辽辽 (liáoliáo) 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04187

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Japanese

Shinjitai	遼
Kyūjitai [1]	遼 遼 or 遼+︀?
	遼󠄁 遼+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遼󠄃 遼+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遼

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 遼)

1. faraway

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: とおい (tōi, 遼い)^{←とほし (tofosi, historical)}; はるか (haruka, 遼か)
• Nanori: とお (tō); はるか (haruka)

Proper noun

遼(りょう) • (Ryō) ^{←れう (reu)?}

1. a male given name

References

1. “遼”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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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: Hán Nôm readings: liêu

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