遼

See also: 辽

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 尞

Han character

遼 (radical 162 辵+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜大金火 (YKCF), four-corner 3430₉)

1. distant, far

References

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

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Chinese

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trad.		遼
simp.		辽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo, qú (liao², qu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ, ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: liao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (遼, reconstructed)
Character (遼), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 蕭 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 落蕭切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leu/	/lieu/	/leu/	/leu/	/lɛw/	/lieu/	/leu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (遼, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
遼					8090					尞					宵					2					聊					/*reːw/

Definitions

遼

1. short name for Liaoning (遼寧) province
2. Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)

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Japanese

Kanji

遼

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: はるか (haruka)

Proper noun

遼 (hiragana りょう, romaji Ryō)

1. A male given name

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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 (liêu)

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