few, sparse, empty, vast

Animated Stroke Order 寥

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Stroke Order Diagrams 寥

寥 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
jīn
tiān
lái
cān
jiā
huì
de
rén
liáo
liáo

Very few people came to the meeting today.

2
shēn
qiū
de
gōng
yuán
xiǎn
de
wài
liáo
luò

The park looks particularly desolate in late autumn.

3
zhàn
zài
shān
dǐng
tiào
wàng
liáo
kuò
de
tiān
kōng

Standing on the mountaintop, gazing at the vast sky.

4
jīn
tiān
lái
shàng
de
rén
liáo
liáo

There are very few people attending class today.

5
zhè
ge
xiǎo
zhèn
de
shāng
diàn
liáo
liáo
shēng
huó
tài
fāng
biàn便

There are very few shops in this small town, making life less convenient.

6
jǐn
guǎn
xuān
chuán
hěn
guǎng广
dàn
zhēn
zhèng
jiě
zhè
ge
lùn
de
rén
liáo
liáo

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Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes14
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2179
Zhuyinㄌㄧㄠˊ
Components
UnicodeU+5BE5
CangjieJSMH
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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