liáo

wind round

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

尞 sound component

  Sound component

liào

  

burnt offering

Evolution

繚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
繚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
繚 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
繚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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liáo

wind round, rap around, bind; to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches

Most common words with 繚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

眼花缭乱

to be dazzled

缭绕

to curl up

to wind round

缭乱

dazzled