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镣

liào

Character Traditional 鐐

What 镣 means

1. fetters
2. leg-irons
3. shackles

Words starting with 镣

• 镣铐liào kàomanacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs
• 镣锁liào suǒfetter lock (to restrain horse); handcuff lock

Words containing 镣

• 脚镣jiǎo liàofetters; leg-irons
• 电子脚镣diàn zǐ jiǎo liàoankle monitor; electronic ankle bracelet

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
• 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 镣

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

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 髅lóuused in 髑髅
• 镗tāngnoise of drums
• 镛yōnglarge bell
• 镫dèngstirrup

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
• 了unofficial variant of 瞭
• 瞭to watch from a height or distance
• 尥to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
• 廖surname Liao
• 钌see 钌铞儿; Taiwan pr. liǎo