Liào
proper noun #57,256

Meanings

  1. 1 Liao (a Chinese surname)
  2. 2 (archaic) name of an ancient state

Examples

HSK 2
Wǒ de lǎoshī xìng Liào.
My teacher's surname is Liao.
HSK 3
Liào xiānsheng shì yí wèi jīngyàn fēngfù de gōngchéngshī.
Mr. Liao is an experienced engineer.

Tips

culture
Almost always a surname today, . The clan name is said to derive from an ancient small state. It is a moderately common family name, especially in southern China and among overseas Chinese.

Components

radical
广 guǎng
shelter; building (radical)
The lean-to shelter radical 广 wraps the top-left. It depicts a roof against a slope; here it serves mainly as the indexing radical for this surname character rather than describing a building.
phonetic
liù
soaring flight (phonetic)
Inside the shelter sits , which carries the sound (liù shifting to liào). The same phonetic appears in 'few, empty' and , a related liáo/liào sound family.

Stroke Order

Liào