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缭

liáo

confused; to bind; to wind around

🔤 Pictophonetic: 纟 (thread) provides meaning, 尞 provides pronunciation

HSK 15 strokes Uncommon (37%)

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fuel used for sacrifices

⿰纟尞 i

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sī

纟

silk; thread

📷 Pictographic: A twisted strand of silk; see 糸

3 strokes

liào

尞

fuel used for sacrifices

12 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

9 strokes

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 缭 (6)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

缭 ↗

liáo

to wind round / to sew with slanting stitches

liáo

缭 ↗

to wind round / to sew with slanting stitches

Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang [[秦始皇<QínShǐhuáng>]], possible author of the Wei Liaozi [[尉繚子|尉缭子<WèiLiáozi>]] text on military strategy

Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China [[武經七書|武经七书<WǔjīngQīshū>]], possibly written by Wei Liao [[尉繚|尉缭<WèiLiáo>]] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

to curl up / to linger on (sound)

liáorào

缭绕 ↗

to curl up / to linger on (sound)