Chinese Character Wiki
聊

liáo

to chat

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

卯 sound component

卯  Sound component

mǎo

  

4th terrestrial branch

Evolution

聊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

聊  

liáo

somewhat, slightly, at least; to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly

Most common words with 聊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

无聊

bored

聊

to chat

聊天

to chat

闲聊

to chat

百无聊赖

bored stiff

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤiw

lew

liáo

rely on


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 48.4062% of movies

803rd most common character in movies

1932nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+804A

Shuowen

“聊，耳鳴也。从耳，卯聲。”


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