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瞭

liào

Character

What 瞭 means

1. to watch from a height or distance

Words starting with 瞭

• 瞭哨liào shàoto go on sentry duty; to stand guard
• 瞭望liào wàngto watch from a height or distance; to keep a lookout
• 瞭望哨liào wàng shàolookout post
• 瞭望塔liào wàng tǎwatchtower; observation tower
• 瞭望台liào wàng táiobservation tower; lookout tower

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
• 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
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Characters that look like 瞭

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

• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 踱duóto pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 瞠chēngstare at sth beyond reach
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire

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
• 尥to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
• 廖surname Liao
• 钌see 钌铞儿; Taiwan pr. liǎo