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Kanji Detail for 遼 - "distant, remote"

遼

  • Meaning

    遼 means "distant, remote."

    1. Distant - Far away; vast expanse.

    2. Remote - Very far in space or time.

  • Four-character idioms with 遼

    • 前途遼遠 ぜんとりょうえん Listen having a long way to go; having a long road ahead of one; being a long way off

  • Tattoo check: 遼

    • Verified meaning: distant, remote
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かなた, はるか, りょう, りょうじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 遼

    Given names 遼(かなた)Listen 遼(はるか)Listen 遼(りょう)Listen

    Surnames 遼(りょうじ)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    distant remote far river name loosen expanse expansive vast away removed outlying space

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