燎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 燎

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liǎo, liáo, liào
Cantonese: liu4 liu6
JapaneseKun: KAGARIBI
JapaneseOn: RYOU
Korean: LYO
Vietnamese: díp liệu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to burn, set afire; to illuminate; a signal lamp

CE-Dict: to singe

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to burn
2.to be brilliant
liao
ㄌㄧㄠ@
1.to burn
liao
ㄌㄧㄠˇ
1.to singe

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: burn

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: burn

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》燎放火也。从火尞聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】燎
【玉篇】【正韻】𠀤力弔切，音料。【玉篇】庭燎國之大事，樹以照衆也。【詩·小雅】庭燎之光。【釋文】鄭云：在地曰燎，執之曰燭，樹之門外曰大燭，於內曰庭燎，皆是照衆爲明。【禮·月令】以共郊廟及百祀之薪燎。【周禮·天官·閽人】設門燎。【註】地燭也。　又【玉篇】放火也。　又【詩·陳風】佼人燎兮。【朱傳】燎明也。　又【詩·小雅】燎之方揚。【箋】火田曰燎。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤力照切，音療。【廣韻】照也。　又【廣韻】一曰宵田。　又【廣韻】放火也。【詩·大雅】瑟彼柞棫，民所燎矣。又【集韻】本作尞。【前漢·郊祀志】尞禋有常用。【註】師古曰：尞與燎同。　又【唐韻】力小切【集韻】【韻會】朗鳥切【正韻】盧絞切，𠀤音繚。【說文】本作𤐗，亦放火也。【書·盤庚】若火之燎于原。【註】燎，力召反。又力鳥反。　又【集韻】或作𤊽。亦作轑。【前漢·杜欽傳】欲以熏轑天下。【註】師古曰：轑，讀曰燎。假借用字。　又【集韻】憐蕭切，音聊。縱火焚也。　又離昭切，音摎。火在地曰燎。【詩·小雅·庭燎釋文】徐邈音力燒反。

CF-Dict: brûler/mettre au feu

Han-De-Dict: leichter Brandschaden (u.E.)