# 寥

| 寥 | U+5BE5, &#23525; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BE5 |
| ← 寤 [U+5BE4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 實 → [U+5BE6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

寥 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十尸一竹 (JSMH), four-corner 3020$_2$, composition ⿱宀翏)
* few, scarce
* empty, deserted

#### Derived characters

* 𱕐, 㵳, 𩼶(𫚬)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 291, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7292
* Dae Jaweon: page 575, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 951, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5BE5

## 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liáo (liao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu
* 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/
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: lew, lek
Rime :
| Character | 寥 | 寥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 郎擊切 |
| Baxter | lew | lek |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ | /lek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ | /lek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ | /lɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ | /lɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ | /lek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ | /liek̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lieu/ | /liek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ | lik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw/, /*rɯːwɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 寥 | 寥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8366 | 8370 |
| Phonetic component | 翏 | 翏 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 | 靂 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯːw/ | /*rɯːwɢ/ |
| Notes | 見老子說文作廫 | |

### Definitions

寥
* empty; silent; deserted
* few; scarce
* lonesome; in solitude
* vast; broad; expansive
* profound and lasting
* Alternative form of 憀 (liáo, “to rely; to depend on”)

### Compounds

* 寂寥 (jìliáo)
* 寥亮 (liáoliàng)
* 寥唳
* 寥天
* 寥寂
* 寥寥 (liáoliáo)
* 寥寥可數／寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
* 寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
* 寥廓 (liáokuò)
* 寥戾
* 寥狼
* 寥若晨星 (liáoruòchénxīng)
* 寥落 (liáoluò)
* 寥闊／寥阔
* 泬寥 (xuèliáo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* lonely

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
* Kun: さびしい (sabishii, 寥しい)

## Korean
### Hanja

寥 • (ryo) (hangeul 료, revised ryo, McCune–Reischauer ryo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

寥: Hán Nôm readings: liêu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation