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)

Derived characters

𫬏, 𫲋, 𡽟, 𦆲(𫟇), 𨮛, 𫜆, 𡽦, 𥵬

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): liu⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): liau⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liau

(Hailu, HRS): liau^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): lâiu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liāu

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁷ / liou⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liau

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /liau³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lâiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑu²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lā̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu²¹/
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.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liau
  - MiniDict: liau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³liau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: lew, ljuwH

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/	/lɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/liu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/liəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/luw^H/
Li Rong	/leu/	/liu^H/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/li̯ə̯u^H/
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

(～國) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao
a surname
廖化 ― Liào Huà ― Liao Hua (Shu Han military general)

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

Compounds

廖灣 / 廖湾 (Liàowān)
瑪特廖什卡 / 玛特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ)
肖廖 (Xiàoliào)
蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒 / 蜀中无大将，廖化作先锋 (Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng)

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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