寥

liáo

“Empty” in Chinese is 寥 (liáo).

Other characters with the syllable liao: see all 6 →

Meaning

empty
lonesome
very few

Example

值得观看的电视节目寥寥无几。

Only a few TV programs are worth watching.

From 寥寥无几 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Words containing 寥

寥寥无几liáoliáo-wújǐvery fewHSK 7-9

More HSK 7-9 characters

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