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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 寥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
寥 liáo - empty
- lonesome
- very few

List Ranking for: 寥

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 95,561 47,318 44,623

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 宀 翏

Radical:

宀

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

翏

Semantic:

宀

Hint:

Roof

Other Words Containing 寥

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
寥寥无几 - 7 36,167 25,505 28,608
寥寥 - - 37,256 22,309 22,304
寂寥 - - 40,432 37,597 19,544
寥 - - 95,561 47,318 44,623