# 廖

| 廖 | U+5ED6, &#24278; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ED6 |
| ← 廕 [U+5ED5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 廗 → [U+5ED7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

廖 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈尸一竹 (ISMH), four-corner 0022$_2$, composition ⿸广翏)

#### Derived characters

* 𫬏, 𫲋, 𡽟, 𦆲(𫟇), 𨮛, 𫜆, 𡽦, 𥵬

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 350, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9464
* Dae Jaweon: page 661, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 900, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5ED6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 醪 | *ruːw |
| 嫪 | *ruːw, *rɯːws |
| 嘐 | *ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw |
| 賿 | *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ |
| 顟 | *rrɯːw |
| 膠 | *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw |
| 轇 | *krɯːw |
| 摎 | *krɯːw, *rɯw |
| 髎 | *riw, *rɯːw |
| 熮 | *riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ |
| 廖 | *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws |
| 憀 | *rɯːw, *rɯw |
| 豂 | *rɯːw |
| 漻 | *rɯːw |
| 翏 | *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws |
| 寥 | *rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ |
| 蓼 | *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ |
| 鄝 | *rɯːwʔ |
| 鷚 | *mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw |
| 繆 | *mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ |
| 勠 | *rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ |
| 疁 | *rɯw |
| 飂 | *rɯw, *rɯws |
| 鏐 | *rɯw, *rɯw |
| 僇 | *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ |
| 瘳 | *r̥ʰɯw |
| 璆 | *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw |
| 謬 | *mrɯws |
| 蟉 | *ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ |
| 樛 | *krɯw |
| 磟 | *ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ |
| 戮 | *rɯwɢ |
| 剹 | *rɯwɢ |
| 穋 | *rɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws) : semantic 广 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liào (liao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): liu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): liau$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liau
    (Hailu, HRS): liau$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liau$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lâiu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liāu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liao$^7$ / liou$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$liau
* 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$^6$
*** Yale: liuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: liau$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /liau³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lâiu
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ɑu²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lieu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
*** Tâi-lô: liāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liau²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liao$^7$ / liou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liāu / liōu
*** Sinological IPA : /liau¹¹/, /liou¹¹/
* liao7 - Shantou;
* liou7 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: lew, ljuwH
Rime :
| Character | 廖 | 廖 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 力救切 |
| Baxter | lew | ljuwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ | /lɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ | /liu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ | /liəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ | /luw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ | /liu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ | /lĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lieu/ | /li̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo | liù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ | lau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw/, /*rɯːws/, /*rɯws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 廖 | 廖 | 廖 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 8359 | 8369 | 8380 |
| Phonetic component | 翏 | 翏 | 翏 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 | 𩕐 | 溜 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯːw/ | /*rɯːws/ | /*rɯws/ |
| Notes | 見左傳 | | 見漢書 |

### Definitions

廖
* (～國) the Zhou dynasty-era state of Liao
* a surname
    廖化 ― Liào Huà ― Liao Hua (Shu Han military general)
    廖仲愷／廖仲恺 ― Liào Zhòngkǎi ― Liao Zhongkai (Kuomintang leader)

### Compounds

* 廖灣 / 廖湾 (Liàowān)
* 瑪特廖什卡 / 玛特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ)
* 肖廖 (Xiàoliào)
* 蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒 / 蜀中无大将，廖化作先锋 (Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: むなしい (munashī)

## Korean
### Hanja

廖 (eum 료 (ryo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

廖: Hán Nôm readings: liêu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation