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廖

Liào

Character

What 廖 means

1. surname Liao

Words starting with 廖

• 廖沫沙Liào Mò shāLiao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and…

Characters built on 翏

These share the phonetic component 翏 (liù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 寥liáoempty; lonesome; very few
• 蓼liǎopolygonum; smartweed

Characters that look like 廖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摩móto rub
• 赛sàito compete; competition; match
• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 睿ruìastute; perspicacious; farsighted
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce

Sounds the same

Read Liào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 料material; stuff; grain
• 撂to put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down
• 镣fetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 了unofficial variant of 瞭
• 瞭to watch from a height or distance
• 尥to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
• 钌see 钌铞儿; Taiwan pr. liǎo