liáo

distant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

尞 sound component

  Sound component

liào

  

burnt offering

Evolution

遼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
遼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遼 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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liáo

distant, far

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Liáo

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

Most common words with 遼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

辽阔

vast

Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)

辽宁

Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[Shěn​yáng]

辽宁省

Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[Shěn​yáng]

辽东

east of Liao river 遼河|辽河