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 戈ほこ尸しかばね一いち竹たけ (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
醪もろみ	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠にかわ	*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
蓼たで	*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 (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws) : semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): liu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liau⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): lâiu
• Southern Min

  (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): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (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: lew, ljuwH

Rime
Character	廖	廖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	來き (37)	來き (37)
Final (韻いん)	蕭しょう (93)	尤ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭しょう切きり	力ちから救すくい切きり
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

• 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	幽かそけ	幽かそけ	幽かそけ
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊	𩕐	溜ため
Old Chinese	/*rɯːw/	/*rɯːws/	/*rɯws/
Notes	見み左ひだり傳つて		見み漢かん書しょ

Definitions

廖

1. (～國くに) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao
2. a surname

   廖仲なか愷／廖仲なか恺  ―  Liào Zhòngkǎi  ―  Liao Zhongkai (Kuomintang leader)

Compounds

• 廖灣／廖湾 (Liàowān)
• 瑪特廖什卡／玛特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ)
• 肖あやか廖 (Xiàoliào)
• 蜀しょく中ちゅう無む大將たいしょう，廖化作さく先鋒せんぽう／蜀しょく中ちゅう无大将たいしょう，廖化作さく先さき锋 (Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng)

 

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)

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