瞭

See also: 了

瞭	U+77AD, 瞭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77AD

← 瞬
[U+77AC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瞮 →
[U+77AE]

Translingual

Han character

瞭 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山大金火 (BUKCF), four-corner 6409₆, composition ⿰目尞)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 817, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23697
Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2512, character 17
Unihan data for U+77AD

Chinese

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 / 形声, OC *reːw, *reːwʔ): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 尞.

Pronunciation 1

trad.		瞭
simp.		了^*

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎo (liao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liáu / liâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵ / liou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
  - Wade–Giles: liao³
  - Yale: lyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu⁵
  - Yale: líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
  - Tâi-lô: liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liao⁵ / liou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/

Note:

liao5 - Shantou;
liou5 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: lew, lewX

Rime
Character	瞭	瞭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	盧鳥切
Baxter	lew	lewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/leu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/leu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/leu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛw^X/
Li Rong	/leu/	/leu^X/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lieu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/lieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁴	liu⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːw/, /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞭	瞭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8107	8111
Phonetic component	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊	了
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

瞭

(especially of eyes) bright
clear; unambiguous
understanding-having; comprehension-having; learned

Compounds

一目瞭然 / 一目了然 (yīmùliǎorán)
明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
瞭亮 / 了亮
瞭如指掌 / 了如指掌 (liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)
瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù)
瞭然 / 了然 (liǎorán)
瞭若指掌 / 了若指掌
瞭解 / 了解 (liǎojiě)
簡單明瞭 / 简单明了 (jiǎndān-míngliǎo)

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		瞭

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): liau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liāu / liáu

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: liu⁴
  - Yale: lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: liau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liau⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
  - Tâi-lô: liāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
  - Tâi-lô: liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹/

Note:

liāu - vernacular;
liáu - literary.

Definitions

瞭

to gaze at

Compounds

瞭望 (liàowàng)
瞭望山
瞭望臺 / 瞭望台 (liàowàngtái)
瞭高兒 / 瞭高儿
踅門瞭戶 / 踅门瞭户

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		瞭

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lió

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lió
  - Tâi-lô: lió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lio⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lio⁵³/

Definitions

瞭

(Hokkien) to glance

Japanese

Kanji

瞭

(Jōyō kanji)

obvious

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 瞭らか)

Proper noun

瞭(りょう) • (Ryō)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

瞭 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瞭: Hán Nôm readings: lẹo, liêu, lẽo, liễu, liệu

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