漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
燎: burn, bonfire
JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 火fire(meaning)
- 尞(form)
火 carries the meaning · 尞 is drawn in
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 燎原りょうげんagricultural burning; setting a field ablaze
- 燎原の火りょうげんのひwildfire
Also read かがりび, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at 火 and see the campfire! The central stroke is the main flame, and the side strokes are sparks dancing in the wind.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尞
Also built on 尞
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side燎 burn · 火
vs僚 colleague · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · liáo
Same form: 燎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 燎 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 燎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin liáo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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