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獠

liáo

Character

What 獠 means

1. fierce
2. hunt
3. name of a tribe

Words starting with 獠

• 獠牙liáo yátusk; fang

Words containing 獠

• 青面獠牙qīng miàn liáo yáferocious-looking (idiom)

Characters built on 尞

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

• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 瞭liàoto watch from a height or distance
• 撩liāoto lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve)
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 镣liàofetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire

Characters that look like 獠

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

• 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 撩liāoto lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve)
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire

Sounds the same

Read liáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 聊(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 疗to treat; to cure; therapy
• 辽(bound form) distant; faraway
• 寮hut; shack; small window
• 撩to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)
• 燎to burn; to set afire
• 僚bureaucrat; colleague
• 缭to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 寥empty; lonesome; very few
• 潦used in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 嘹used in 嘹亮
• 鹩eastern wren