寥

Information about character(s)

Radical: 宀
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liáo
Cantonese: liu4
JapaneseKun: SABISHII
JapaneseOn: RYOU
Korean: LYO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: few, scarce; empty, deserted

CE-Dict: empty/lonesome/very few

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.scarce

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【宀字部】寥
【廣韻】落蕭切【集韻】力交切【韻會】【正韻】憐蕭切，𠀤音聊。【說文】空虛也。【玉篇】寂也，廓也。【莊子·大宗師】吾聞之𤣥冥，𤣥冥聞之參寥。【註】莊子僞立此名。【楚辭·九辯】寂寥兮收潦而水淸。又【遠遊】下崢嶸而無地兮，上寥廓而無天。　又【廣韻】郞擊切【集韻】【韻會】郞狄切，𠀤音歷。義同。　【集韻】本作廫。

CF-Dict: peu/silencieux

Han-De-Dict: leer, leer stehend (u.E.)