surname Liao

廖 character breakdown

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
surname Guang

广 = + 丿 : The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
wide / numerous / to spread

广 = + 丿 : The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
the sound of the wind / to soar

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Icarus' wings.

Li Qingzhao (li) has always been dreaming of soaring (翏) through the air and finally she is making her dream come true. In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) she finishes her Icarus' wings (翏) which she made out of the many feathers (羽) she collected. To not be annoyed by the sound of the wind (翏) too much she puts on a big afro (㐱) which acts as muffler.

Characters with 廖 as component

廖 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 廖

Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution

Sentences with 廖

廖 currently does not appear in any sentence.