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Keyword
to wind round
  • confused
  • to bind
  • to wind around
Frequency
#3792
Strokes
15
Readings
liáo
Mnemonic
纟 (thread) gives the meaning and 尞 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
缭绕liáorào
(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on
缭乱liáoluàn
dazzled; confused
缭liáo
to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
尉缭WèiLiáo
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 尉缭子 (WèiLiáozi) text on military strategy