# 瞭

| 瞭 | U+77AD, &#30637; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77AD |
| ← 瞬 [U+77AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瞮 → [U+77AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

瞭 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月山大金火 (BUKCF), four-corner 6409$_6$, composition ⿰目尞)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 817, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23697
* Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2512, character 17
* Unihan data for U+77AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 簝 | *reːw, *reːw |
| 潦 | *reːwʔ, *reːws |
| 獠 | *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw |
| 轑 | *reːwʔ |
| 橑 | *reːwʔ, *reːw |
| 燎 | *rew, *rewʔ, *rews |
| 繚 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 璙 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws |
| 憭 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 爒 | *rewʔ, *reːwʔ |
| 僚 | *rewʔ, *reːw |
| 嫽 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws |
| 療 | *rews |
| 膫 | *rews, *reːw |
| 鷯 | *rews, *reːw |
| 遼 | *reːw |
| 撩 | *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 嘹 | *reːw, *reːw, *reːws |
| 寮 | *reːw |
| 飉 | *reːw |
| 竂 | *reːw |
| 鐐 | *reːw, *reːws |
| 蟟 | *reːw |
| 瞭 | *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 嶚 | *reːw |
| 镽 | *reːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːw, *reːwʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 尞.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liǎo (liao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / liâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^3$
*** Yale: lyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^5$
*** Yale: líuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
*** Tâi-lô: liáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liao
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
*** Tâi-lô: liâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
*** Sinological IPA : /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/
* liao5 - Shantou;
* liou5 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: lew, lewX
Rime :
| Character | 瞭 | 瞭 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 盧鳥切 |
| Baxter | lew | lewX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ | /lɛw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ | /lieu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lieu/ | /lieu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo | liǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ | liu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/, /*reːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 瞭 | 瞭 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8107 | 8111 |
| Phonetic component | 尞 | 尞 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 | 了 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːw/ | /*reːwʔ/ |

#### Definitions

瞭
* (especially of eyes) bright
* clear; unambiguous
* understanding-having; comprehension-having; learned

#### Compounds

* 一目瞭然／一目了然 (yīmùliǎorán)
* 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
* 瞭亮／了亮
* 瞭如指掌／了如指掌 (liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)
* 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù)
* 瞭然／了然 (liǎorán)
* 瞭若指掌／了若指掌
* 瞭解／了解 (liǎojiě)
* 簡單明瞭／简单明了 (jiǎndān-míngliǎo)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liào (liao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): liau$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liāu / liáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liào
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liào
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^4$
*** Yale: lyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: liau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liau⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
*** Tâi-lô: liāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
*** Tâi-lô: liáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liao
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹/
* liāu - vernacular;
* liáu - literary.

#### Definitions

瞭
* to gaze at

#### Compounds

* 瞭望 (liàowàng)
* 瞭望山
* 瞭望臺／瞭望台 (liàowàngtái)
* 瞭高兒／瞭高儿
* 踅門瞭戶／踅门瞭户

### Pronunciation 3

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lió
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lió
*** Tâi-lô: lió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lioir
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɤ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lio⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lio⁵³/

#### Definitions

瞭
* (Hokkien) to glance

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* obvious

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 瞭らか)

### Proper noun

瞭(りょう) • (Ryō)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

瞭 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

瞭: Hán Nôm readings: lẹo, liêu, lẽo, liễu, liệu
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