# 遼

| 遼 | U+907C, &#36988; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907C |
| ← 遻 [U+907B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 遽 → [U+907D] |
| 遼 | U+F9C3, &#63939; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C3 |
| ← 蓼 [U+F9C2] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 龍 → [U+F9C4] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 遼 |
| Simplified | 辽 |
| Traditional | 遼 |

### Han character

遼 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜大金火 (YKCF), four-corner 3430$_9$, composition ⿺辶尞)

#### Derived characters

* 𤃜, 𣟆, 𧂏, 𥷊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1265, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39137
* Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3881, character 5
* Unihan data for U+907C
* Unihan data for U+F9C3

## 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): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 尞.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liáo (liao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liàu
    (Hailu, HRS): liau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lièu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$liau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^2$
*** Yale: lyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau
*** Sinological IPA: /liau⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lièu
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ieu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /lieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
*** Tâi-lô: liâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
*** Sinological IPA : /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/
* liao5 - Shantou;
* liou5 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: lew
Rime :
| Character | 遼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 |
| Baxter | lew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 遼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8090 |
| Phonetic component | 尞 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːw/ |

### Definitions

遼
* distant; far
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long; prolonged
* (～朝) Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
* (～河, ～水) Liao (a river in Northeast China)
* Short for 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng, “Liaoning Province of China”).

#### See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history :
| Name | Time period | Divisions | Divisions |
| Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代) | 2070 – 1600 BCE | | |
| Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代) | 1600 – 1046 BCE | | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Western Zhou 西周 | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Spring and Autumn period 春秋 |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Warring States period 戰國 / 战国 |
| Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代) | 221 – 206 BCE | | |
| Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代) | 206 BCE – 220 C.E. | Western Han 西漢 / 西汉 | Western Han 西漢 / 西汉 |
| Xin 新 (～朝) ||
| Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉 ||
| Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国 | 220 – 280 C.E. | Wei 魏 | Wei 魏 |
| Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉 ||
| Wu 吳 / 吴 ||
| Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代) | 265 – 420 C.E. | Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋 | Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋 |
| Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋 ||
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Wei 北魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Western Wei 西魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Zhou 北周 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代) |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代) |
| Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代) | 581 – 618 C.E. | | |
| Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代) | 618 – 907 C.E. | | |
| Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国 | 907 – 960 C.E. | | |
| Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代) | 907 – 1125 C.E. | | |
| Song 宋 (～朝, ～代) | 960 – 1279 C.E. | Northern Song 北宋 | Northern Song 北宋 |
| Southern Song 南宋 ||
| Western Xia 西夏 | 1038 – 1227 C.E. | | |
| Jin 金 (～朝, ～代) | 1115 – 1234 C.E. | | |
| Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽 | 1124 – 1218 C.E. | | |
| Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代) | 1271 – 1368 C.E. | | |
| Ming 明 (～朝, ～代) | 1368 – 1644 C.E. | | |
| Qing 清 (～朝, ～代) | 1636 – 1912 C.E. | | |

### Compounds

* 松遼平原 / 松辽平原
* 窔遼 / 窔辽
* 西遼 / 西辽 (Xīliáo)
* 遼三彩 / 辽三彩
* 遼太宗 / 辽太宗
* 遼太祖 / 辽太祖
* 遼天祚帝 / 辽天祚帝
* 遼朗 / 辽朗
* 遼朝 / 辽朝 (Liáocháo)
* 遼東 / 辽东 (Liáodōng)
* 遼東半島 / 辽东半岛 (Liáodōng Bàndǎo)
* 遼東帽 / 辽东帽
* 遼東灣 / 辽东湾 (Liáodōngwān)
* 遼東白豕 / 辽东白豕
* 遼東豕 / 辽东豕
* 遼東鶴 / 辽东鹤
* 遼河 / 辽河 (Liáo Hé)
* 遼落 / 辽落
* 遼西 / 辽西 (Liáoxī)
* 遼西走廊 / 辽西走廊
* 遼遠 / 辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
* 遼遼 / 辽辽 (liáoliáo)
* 遼闊 / 辽阔 (liáokuò)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04187

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 遼 |
| Kyūjitai | 遼 &#xF9C3; or 遼+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 遼󠄁 遼+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 遼󠄃 遼+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 遼)
* faraway

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: とおい (tōi, 遼い)、はるか (haruka, 遼か)
* Nanori: とお (tō)、はるか (haruka)

### Proper noun

遼(りょう) • (Ryō)
* a male given name

### References

* ↑ “遼”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

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

遼: Hán Nôm readings: liêu
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