廖(liào)

14 strokes

surname Liao

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Character information

Pinyin
liào
Meaning
surname Liao
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 廖 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸广翏

The wind 翏 blowing over a vast, empty plain 广

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

广guǎng翏liù

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 廖 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 廖

Common words using 廖 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

liào廖mò沫shā沙

Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely cri…

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Related characters

From 廖’s common words

沫沙

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