Character: 燎
Modern (Beijing) reading: liào
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ēws
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ēwh
Western Han Chinese: r(h)jāwh
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)iāwh
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕw
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕw
Middle Chinese: lìew
English meaning : burnt-offering; torch; flame, burn; brilliant
Russian meaning[s]: 1) жечь, сжигать; разжигать (огонь); охватывать, распространяться (о пламени); гореть; 2) печь, жарить; 3) ясный, светлый; [liáo] ожог; [liǎo] палить, опаливать (шерсть)
Comments: Also read *r(h)ew, MC lew, *r(h)ew-s, MC lèw id.
Radical: 86
Four-angle index: 8239
Karlgren code: 1151 e
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