辽
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(bound form) distant; faraway
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How 辽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 了 (phonetic, liǎo)
How to remember it
far away · Heisig RSH #1620
了 -ed + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 了
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 了 (liǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 了 sound component | liǎo | clear; to finish; particle of completed action |
| 钌 | liào | ruthenium |
Words containing 辽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辽宁大学 | Liáo níng Dà xué | Liaoning University |
| 辽中区 | Liáo zhōng Qū | Liaozhong, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 辽东半岛 | Liáo dōng Bàn dǎo | Liaodong Peninsula |
| 松辽平原 | Sōng liáo Píng yuán | Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsu… |
| 通辽市 | Tōng liáo Shì | Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 men… |
| 东辽县 | Dōng liáo Xiàn | Dongliao, a county in Liaoyuan City 遼源市|辽源市[Liao2 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 辽阳县 | Liáo yáng Xiàn | Liaoyang, a county in Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 辽阳市 | Liáo yáng Shì | Liaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] |
| 双辽市 | Shuāng liáo Shì | Shuangliao, a county-level city in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 辽源市 | Liáo yuán Shì | Liaoyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] |
| 司马辽太郎 | Sī mǎ Liáo tài láng | SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels |
| 辽宁号 | Liáo níng Hào | Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012) |
| 辽宁古盗鸟 | Liáo níng gǔ dào niǎo | Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province) |
| 埃克托·柏辽兹 | Āi kè tuō · Bó liáo zī | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique |
| 辽中 | Liáo zhōng | see 遼中區|辽中区[Liao2 zhong1 Qu1] |
| 辽海 | Liáo hǎi | east and south of Liaoning province |
| 辽金 | Liáo Jīn | Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty … |
| 西辽 | Xī Liáo | Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218 |
| 辽西 | liáo xī | west of Liaoning |
| 辽宁省 | Liáo níng Shěng | Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4] (short name 遼|辽[Liao2]) |