燎

燎 · liáo / liǎo

to burn, set afire; to illuminate; a signal lamp

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
liáo · liǎo
Cantonese
liu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to burn, set afire; to illuminate; a signal lamp

Dictionary definitions & readings

燎 liáo · to burn; to set afire

燎 liǎo · to singe

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32233.030:liǎo,liáo,liào Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0710.120:liáo 0711.140:liǎo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
222.200:liáo 223.060:liǎo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
liǎo,liáo粵liu4 liǎo粵liu5 liáo粵liu4 liào粵liu6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リョウ かがりび Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
료:0N 요:0 Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
leo liệu riu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
力昭 力小 力照 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
FKCF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
9489.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0683.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
151.41 299.22 414.38 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1151e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+71CE
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6170

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
燎
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ljew · 力昭 · 效開三平宵來 · #685
Middle Chinese
ljewX · 力小 · 效開三上宵來 · #1696
Middle Chinese
ljewH · 力照 · 效開三去宵來 · #2777

PHONO-ML, source line 5537; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
858.401
kDaeJaweon
1095.040
kFennIndex
303.06 304.02 305.01
kGSR
1151e
kHanYu
32233.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1095.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32233.030
kIRGKangXi
0683.020
kKangXi
0683.020
kKarlgren
547
kLau
1914
kMatthews
3975
kMeyerWempe
1607d
kMorohashi
19414
kNelson
2804
kSBGY
151.41 299.22 414.38
kSMSZD2003Index
403.07
kCangjie
FKCF
kFenn
454G
kFourCornerCode
9489.6
kHKGlyph
2430
kMojiJoho
MJ016628
kPhonetic
817
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4147
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF52
kIRG_JSource
J0-5F79
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D8F2
kIRG_KSource
K0-567A
kIRG_TSource
T1-713C
kIRG_VSource
V1-5E3D
kRSUnicode
86.12
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF52
kCCCII
214A29
kCNS1986
1-713C
kCNS1992
1-713C
kEACC
214A29
kGB0
3339
kGB1
3339
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
6389
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3598
kTGH
2013:6170
kTaiwanTelegraph
3598
kXerox
265:270
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5588+86.4.12
kCantonese
liu4
kDefinition
to burn, set afire; to illuminate; a signal lamp
kFanqie
力昭 力小 力照
kHangul
료:0N 요:0
kHanyuPinyin
32233.030:liǎo,liáo,liào
kJapanese
リョウ かがりび
kJapaneseKun
KAGARIBI
kJapaneseOn
RYOU
kKorean
LYO
kMandarin
liáo
kSMSZD2003Readings
liǎo,liáo粵liu4 liǎo粵liu5 liáo粵liu4 liào粵liu6
kTGHZ2013
222.200:liáo 223.060:liǎo
kTang
liɛ̀u liɛ̌u
kVietnamese
leo liệu riu
kXHC1983
0710.120:liáo 0711.140:liǎo

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Structure & connections

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9dictionary records using 燎0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
火 beside 尞 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰火尞$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰火尞$(GHTJKPV)

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