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Kanji Detail for 遼 - "distant, remote, vast"
遼
- Meaning
遼 means "distant, remote, vast."
Distant - Far away; vast expanse.
Remote - Very far in space or time.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
distant
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
distant, far
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
distant, far
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Extremely distant in location. As in 遼遠 (far away), 遼闊 (vast). | Dynasty name. Its ancestors were the Khitan, residing in Rehe. The founder Yelu Abaoji rose to power during the chaos at the end of the Song Dynasty. Later they controlled present-day Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, and northern parts of Hebei and Shanxi. The dynasty was named Liao and opposed Song as the Northern Dynasty. There were nine rulers over 219 years before being destroyed by Jin. Their clansman Yelu Dashi established himself as emperor at Samarkand, controlling territories east and west of the Pamirs. History calls this Western Liao. It was later destroyed by Yuan. | River name. Liao River, which is the ancient Great Liao Water. It flows through Liaoxi in Hebei and enters the sea. In Han Dynasty, the Liaodong and Liaoxi commanderies were established, divided by this river.
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