liáo

wind round

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

尞 sound component

  Sound component

liào

  

burnt offering

Evolution

缭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
缭 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
缭 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
缭 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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liáo

wind round, rap around, bind; to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches

Most common words with 缭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

眼花缭乱

to be dazzled

缭绕

to curl up

to wind round

缭乱

dazzled