僚 — Chinese character
僚
liáo
companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face
- Pinyin
- liáo
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 亻 尞
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 尞
- Japanese
- 僚 as a kanji
Common words with 僚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官僚 | guān liáo | bureaucrat; bureaucracy |
| 幕僚 | mù liáo | aides and advisors of top officials |
| 同僚 | tóng liáo | colleague; coworker |
| 官僚主义 (官僚主義) | guān liáo zhǔ yì | bureaucracy |
| 僚机 (僚機) | liáo jī | wingman aircraft |
| 臣僚 | chén liáo | court official (in former times) |
| 阁僚 (閣僚) | gé liáo | cabinet member |
| 官僚习气 (官僚習氣) | guān liáo xí qì | (derog.) bureaucracy; red tape |
| 技术官僚 (技術官僚) | jì shù guān liáo | technocrat |
English words written with 僚
僚 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.