Chinese Character 廖 Meanings and components.

Form

廖

Meaning

廖 meaning[3] in English

Surname Liao.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 廖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and the sound of … (翏)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with ISMH

How to write 廖

To write廖liao4surname Liao you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 翏liu4the sound … arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 翏 = 廖

廖 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 廖 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 廖, looks as follow:

廖
Pinyin:liao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Liao
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
翏
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Sound Of The Wind . To Soar
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
㐱
Pinyin:zhen3 Shape:吕
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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