liào
noun #57,256

Meanings

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

Examples

Wǒ de lǎoshī xìng Liào.
My teacher's surname is Liao.
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