遼 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

liáo

distant

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

尞 Sound component

liào

burnt offering

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

liáo

distant, far

Liáo

short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liáoníng] province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)

Most common words with 遼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	辽阔	vast
	辽	Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
	辽宁	Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼\|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽\|沈阳[Shěnyáng]
	辽宁省	Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼\|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽\|沈阳[Shěnyáng]
	辽东	east of Liao river 遼河\|辽河