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寥

Readings

Kana: リョウ、さび.しい

Romaji: ryō, sabi.shii

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

lonely

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 14

Radical Number: 40

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-3-11

Korean Reading: ryo

Chinese Reading: liao2

Unicode: 5be5

JIS: 556C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2346

Nelson Index: 1333

New Nelson Index: 1359

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m11.5

Four Corner Index: 3020.2

Daikanwanjiten Index: 7292

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.1088

Kodansha Kanji Index: 2960

Words

荒涼 (こうりょう)

desolate; dreary; bleak

寥寥 (りょうりょう)

lonely; rare; few

寂寥 (せきりょう)

loneliness; desolateness

蕭寥 (しょうりょう)

desolate; lonely; barren

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