寥

寥 U+5BE5, 寥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BE5 ← 寤 [U+5BE4] CJK Unified Ideographs 實 → [U+5BE6]

Translingual

Han character

寥 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十尸一竹 (JSMH), four-corner 3020₂, composition ⿱宀翏)

1. few, scarce
2. empty, deserted

Derived characters

• 𱕐, 㵳, 𩼶(𫚬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 291, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7292
• Dae Jaweon: page 575, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 951, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5BE5

Chinese

trad.		寥
simp. #		寥
2nd round simp.		㝋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu

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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): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: lew, lek

Rime
Character	寥	寥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	郎擊切
Baxter	lew	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/leu/	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw/, /*rɯːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寥	寥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8366	8370
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊	靂
Old Chinese	/*rɯːw/	/*rɯːwɢ/
Notes	見老子說文作廫

Definitions

寥

1. empty; silent; deserted
2. few; scarce
3. lonesome; in solitude
4. vast; broad; expansive
5. profound and lasting
6. alternative form of 憀 (liáo, “to rely; to depend on”)

Compounds

• 寂寥 (jìliáo)
• 寥亮 (liáoliàng)
• 寥唳
• 寥天
• 寥寂
• 寥寥 (liáoliáo)
• 寥寥可數 / 寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
• 寥寥無幾 / 寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
• 寥廓 (liáokuò)
• 寥戾
• 寥狼
• 寥若晨星 (liáoruòchénxīng)
• 寥落 (liáoluò)
• 寥闊 / 寥阔
• 泬寥 (xuèliáo)

Japanese

Kanji

寥

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lonely

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
• Kun: さびしい (sabishii, 寥しい)

Korean

Hanja

寥 • (ryo) (hangeul 료, revised ryo, McCune–Reischauer ryo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寥: Hán Nôm readings: liêu

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References

• Nom Foundation