遼

See also: 辽

遼 U+907C, 遼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907C ← 遻 [U+907B] CJK Unified Ideographs 遽 → [U+907D]

遼 U+F9C3, 遼 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C3 ← 蓼 [U+F9C2] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 龍 → [U+F9C4]

Translingual

Japanese	遼
Simplified	辽
Traditional	遼

Han character

遼 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜大金火 (YKCF), four-corner 3430₉, composition ⿺辶尞)

Derived characters

• 𤃜

References

• KangXi: page 1265, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39137
• Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3881, character 5
• Unihan data for U+907C

• Unihan data for U+F9C3

Chinese

trad.		遼
simp.		辽
alternative forms		𨖚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
簝	*reːw, *reːw
潦	*reːwʔ, *reːws
獠	*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	*reːwʔ, *reːw
燎	*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚	*rewʔ, *reːw
嫽	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	*rews, *reːw
鷯	*rews, *reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹	*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	*reːw, *reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːw): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liàu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau²

• Min Dong (BUC): lièu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): liâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵ / liou⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³liau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Yale: lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: liauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau²
    • Sinological IPA: /liau¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
    • Tâi-lô: liâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liao⁵ / liou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/

Note:

• liao5 - Shantou;
• liou5 - Chaozhou.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ³liau
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /leu/

Rime
Character	遼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/
Li Rong	/leu/
Wang Li	/lieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遼
Reading #	1/1
No.	8090
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*reːw/

Definitions

遼

1. distant; far
2. ^† long; prolonged
3. (～朝) Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
4. (～河, ～水) Liao (a river in Northeast China)
5. Short for 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng, “Liaoning Province of China”).

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.
Republic of China 民國／民国	1912 C.E. – present
People's Republic of China 人民共和國／人民共和国	1949 C.E. – present

Compounds

• 松遼平原／松辽平原
• 窔遼／窔辽
• 西遼／西辽 (Xīliáo)
• 遼三彩／辽三彩
• 遼天祚帝／辽天祚帝
• 遼太宗／辽太宗
• 遼太祖／辽太祖
• 遼朗／辽朗

• 遼朝／辽朝 (Liáocháo)
• 遼東／辽东 (Liáodōng)
• 遼東半島／辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo)
• 遼東帽／辽东帽
• 遼東灣／辽东湾 (Liáodōngwān)
• 遼東白豕／辽东白豕
• 遼東豕／辽东豕
• 遼東鶴／辽东鹤

• 遼河／辽河 (Liáo Hé)
• 遼落／辽落
• 遼西／辽西 (Liáoxī)
• 遼西走廊／辽西走廊
• 遼遠／辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
• 遼遼／辽辽 (liáoliáo)
• 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04187

Japanese

Shinjitai	遼
Kyūjitai	遼 遼 or 遼+︀?
	遼󠄁 遼+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遼󠄃 遼+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遼

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 遼)

1. faraway

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: とおい (tōi, 遼い)^{←とほし (tofosi, historical)}; はるか (haruka, 遼か)
• Nanori: とお (tō); はるか (haruka)

Proper noun

遼(りょう) • (Ryō) ^{←れう (reu)?}

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

遼 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遼: Hán Nôm readings: liêu

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