liáo = li + ao2
empty / lonesome / very few
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How to pronounce 寥

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

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+ ao2 final

In the aorta’s kitchen.

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寥 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mián = mi + an2
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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liù = li + ou4
the sound of the wind / to soar
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Characters with 寥 as component

寥 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 寥

just a very few (idiom); tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers.
(literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty

Sentences with 寥

寥 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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liáo

empty / lonesome / very few

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