蓼 — Chinese character
蓼
liǎo
knotweed, polygonum
- Pinyin
- liǎo
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 艹 翏
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 翏
- Japanese
- 蓼 as a kanji
Common words with 蓼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓼蓝 (蓼藍) | liǎo lán | indigo dye; Polygonum tinctorium |
蓼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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.