髎

髎 · liáo

hip bone

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
liáo
Cantonese
liu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hip bone

Dictionary definitions & readings

髎 liáo · (literary) hip bone; (TCM) space between two joints

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74417.140:liáo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0711.080:liáo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
222.230:liáo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
liáo粵liu4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リョウ ロウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
落蕭 力昭 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BBSMH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7722.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1450.400 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
146.18 151.42 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9ACE
Radical
骨 · 188
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8060

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
lew · 落蕭 · 效開四平蕭來 · #653
Middle Chinese
ljew · 力昭 · 效開三平宵來 · #685

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
1977.180
kHanYu
74417.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1977.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74417.140
kIRGKangXi
1450.400
kKangXi
1450.400
kMorohashi
45264
kSBGY
146.18 151.42
kSMSZD2003Index
791.18
kCangjie
BBSMH
kFourCornerCode
7722.2
kMojiJoho
MJ028887
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G3-7A26
kIRG_JSource
J13-7E38
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8B07
kIRG_KSource
K2-6F6A
kIRG_TSource
T3-5F25
kRSUnicode
188.11
kTotalStrokes
20
kCCCII
235464
kCNS1986
E-5F25
kCNS1992
3-5F25
kGB3
9006
kJIS0213
1,94,24
kJis1
7370
kTGH
2013:8060
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17200+188.10.11
kCantonese
liu4
kDefinition
hip bone
kFanqie
落蕭 力昭
kHanyuPinyin
74417.140:liáo
kJapanese
リョウ ロウ
kJapaneseKun
KOSHIBONE
kJapaneseOn
RYOU ROO
kMandarin
liáo
kSMSZD2003Readings
liáo粵liu4
kTGHZ2013
222.230:liáo
kXHC1983
0711.080:liáo

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 髎0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
骨 beside 翏 · the shape used in China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰骨翏$(GTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰骨翏$(GTJKP)

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