Japanese symbol for “liao”
遼
りょう
Romaji: ryou
Liao (Manchurian dynasty; 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
In Japanese, liao is 遼, read りょう (ryou).
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Meanings
- n Liao (Manchurian dynasty; 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遼遠 | りょうえん ryouen | remote; far off |
| 前途遼遠 | ぜんとりょうえん zentoryouen | having a long way to go; having a long road ahead of one; being a long way off |
| 遼東の豕 | りょうとうのいのこ ryoutounoinoko | taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; Liaodong boar |
| 西遼 | せいりょう seiryou | Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211) |
| 遼寧省 | りょうねいしょう ryouneishou | Liaoning Province (China) |
| 遼寧大学 | りょうねいだいがく ryouneidaigaku | Liaoning University |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.