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尞

liào

burnt offering

Original form of 燎 (burn; set on fire). Depicts burning wood (木) with several dots around it, representing flame. The 日 (sun) and 火 (fire) components were added later.

Components
木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts sparks of flame.

日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

尞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
尞 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
尞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
尞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尞  

liào

fuel used for sacrifices

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

燎 獠

Sound component in 18 characters (2 verified)

療 燎 遼 僚 撩 繚 缭 潦 瞭 鐐 镣 寮 獠 嘹 鷯 鹩 膫 蟟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

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ljewH

liào

burnt offering


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5C1E

Shuowen

“尞，柴祭天也。从火，从眘。眘，古文慎字，祭天所以慎也。”


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