鐐 meaning and stroke order

liào

Fetters, leg-irons

Strokes20
Pinyinliào
ToneTone 4

How to write 鐐, stroke by stroke

20 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 鐐

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

liàofourth tone (falling)
  1. fetters
  2. leg-irons
  3. shackles

How 鐐 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Metal.

釒 gives the meaning and 尞 hints at the sound.

Radical: 釒 (gold), shared by 135 characters on this site.

Common words with 鐐

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
鐐銬liàokàomanacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs

Questions about 鐐

How many strokes are in 鐐?

鐐 is written with 20 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 鐐 mean?

鐐 (liào) means fetters, leg-irons. A common word with it is 镣铐 (liàokào), meaning "manacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs".

How do you pronounce 鐐?

鐐 is pronounced liào, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 鐐?

The radical of 鐐 is 釒, which carries the idea of "gold". Dictionaries list 鐐 under this radical.

What is the simplified form of 鐐?

鐐 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 镣, used in mainland China and Singapore.