liǎo
noun #73,747

Meanings

  1. 1 ruthenium (chemical element, Ru, atomic number 44)

Examples

Liǎo shì bójīnzú jīnshǔ zhī yī, fúhào shì Ru.
Ruthenium is one of the platinum-group metals; its symbol is Ru.
Yìngpán lǐ de cíxìng túcéng zhōng hányǒu shǎoliàng de liǎo.
The magnetic coating in hard drives contains a small amount of ruthenium.

Tips

memory
Like most Chinese metal element names, uses the (jīn) 'metal' radical plus a phonetic (le/liǎo) — the radical tells you it's a metal, the phonetic gives the sound.
mistakes
Has two readings: liǎo for the element ruthenium, but liào in (liàodiàor) — a hasp/window latch. Element reading is liǎo.

Stroke Order

liǎo