Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (遼)
Simplified (辽)
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Historical Evolution
遼
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
遼
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
遼
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
遼
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遼
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遼
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
辽 / 遼 [Liáo]
short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liáoníng] province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
Japanese
Liao (Manchurian dynasty; 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
遼 かなた
Kanata female given name
遼 はるか
Haruka female given namesurname
遼 りょう
Ryō female given name
遼 りょうじ
Ryōji unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (33)
辽阔 [liáokuò] #28,012
vast
辽宁 [Liáoníng] #4,703
Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[Shěnyáng]
辽宁省 [Liáoníngshěng] #9,414
Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[Liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[Shěnyáng]
辽东 [Liáodōng] #20,255
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea
辽阳 [Liáoyáng] #25,298
Liaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
辽河 [LiáoHé] #29,189
Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning
辽西 [liáoxī] #33,296
west of Liaoning
辽源 [Liáoyuán] #39,264
Liaoyuan prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
辽阳市 [Liáoyángshì] #41,040
Liaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
通辽 [Tōngliáo] #41,320
Tongliao prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia
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JAPANESE WORDS (6)
遼遠 [りょうえん] #98,855
remote
前途遼遠 [ぜんとりょうえん] #121,982
having a long way to go
遼寧省 [りょうねいしょう] #161,560
Liaoning Province (China)
西遼 [せいりょう]
Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211)
遼寧大学 [りょうねいだいがく]
Liaoning University
遼東の豕 [りょうとうのいのこ]
taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional