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

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• 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.

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• 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/	/leuX/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/leuX/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/leuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛwX/
Li Rong	/leu/	/leuX/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/lieuX/
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

1. (especially of eyes) bright
2. clear; unambiguous
3. 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

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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: 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

1. 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

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• 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

1. (Hokkien) to glance

Japanese

Kanji

瞭

(Jōyō kanji)

1. 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) 

1. 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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