寥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

lonely

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しずか。さびしい。むなしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「宀」+音符「翏」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウ
Kun (native)
  • さび(しい)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音liao2
  • 한글ryo
  • Hán-ViệtLiêu

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
宀(うかんむり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5BE5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱宀翏

Words using this kanji

  • 寥々りょうりょうlonely, dreary, desolate, barren

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-11
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3020.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m11.5
Nelson
1333