僚
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bureaucrat; colleague
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 人 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 僚
- Common rank
- #3,138
- Unicode
- U+50DA
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 僚 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 meaning “person” + 尞 sound
Components 亻 尞
How to remember it
coworker · Heisig RSH #2696
人 person + pup tent
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 僚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官僚主义 | bureaucracy | |
| 官僚习气 | (derog.) bureaucracy; red tape | |
| 技术官僚 | technocrat | |
| 僚机 | wingman aircraft | |
| 同僚 | colleague; coworker | |
| 官僚 | bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic | |
| 幕僚 | aides and advisors of top officials | |
| 臣僚 | court official (in former times) | |
| 阁僚 | cabinet member |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 尞 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尞 sound part | — | fuel used for sacrifices |
| 撩 | to lift, to raise; to provoke, to tease; to push aside clothing | |
| 鹩 | wren | |
| 燎 | to burn, to light; street lamp; signal fire | |
| 寮 | shanty, hut, shack | |
| 缭 | confused; to bind; to wind around | |
| 潦 | to flood; puddle; dejected, careless | |
| 瞭 | bright; clear-sighted; to understand | |
| 镣 | fetters, leg-irons | |
| 嘹 | a clear sound, such as a bell or a soprano; resonant | |
| 膫 | omentum; the fat covering the intestines | |
| 蟟 | cicada |