Dong Chinese dictionary

liáo

distant

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 了 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遼.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

了 Sound component

le, liǎo, liào

finish

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

liáo

distant, far

Liáo

short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liáoníng] province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)

Most common words with 辽

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	辽阔	vast
	辽	Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
	辽宁	Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼\|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽\|沈阳[Shěnyáng]
	辽宁省	Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼\|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽\|沈阳[Shěnyáng]
	辽东	east of Liao river 遼河\|辽河

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