辽

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(bound form) distant; faraway

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 5
Radical: 辵 +2
Structure: Lower-left enclosure 左下包
Traditional: 遼
Common rank: #1,863
Unicode: U+8FBD

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Formation & memory

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How 辽 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 了 sound ( liǎo )

Components 辶了

How to remember it

far away · Heisig RSH #1620

了 -ed + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 辽

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
辽宁大学	Liáo níng Dà xué	Liaoning University
辽中区	Liáo zhōng Qū	Liaozhong, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市\|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
辽东半岛	Liáo dōng Bàn dǎo	Liaodong Peninsula
松辽平原	Sōng liáo Píng yuán	Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsu…
通辽市	Tōng liáo Shì	Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區\|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 men…
东辽县	Dōng liáo Xiàn	Dongliao, a county in Liaoyuan City 遼源市\|辽源市[Liao2 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin
辽阳县	Liáo yáng Xiàn	Liaoyang, a county in Liaoyang City 遼陽市\|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
辽阳市	Liáo yáng Shì	Liaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省\|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]
双辽市	Shuāng liáo Shì	Shuangliao, a county-level city in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin
辽源市	Liáo yuán Shì	Liaoyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
司马辽太郎	Sī mǎ Liáo tài láng	SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
辽宁号	Liáo níng Hào	Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)
辽宁古盗鸟	Liáo níng gǔ dào niǎo	Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
埃克托·柏辽兹	Āi kè tuō · Bó liáo zī	Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique
辽中	Liáo zhōng	see 遼中區\|辽中区[Liao2 zhong1 Qu1]
辽海	Liáo hǎi	east and south of Liaoning province
辽金	Liáo Jīn	Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty …
西辽	Xī Liáo	Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218
辽西	liáo xī	west of Liaoning
辽宁省	Liáo níng Shěng	Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市\|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4] (short name 遼\|辽[Liao2])

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 了 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
了 sound part	liǎo	clear; to finish; particle of completed action
钌	liào	ruthenium