Memory phrase for the character: 寥

寥

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Meaning empty, lonesome, very few

Pronunciation

liáo

Explanation

Top: roof 宀, bottom: sound of the wind 翏 (At feather 羽 or the beard 㐱 you feel the wind. [㐱 = person 人 with beard 彡 or warts/measles 彡])

Mnemonic
 
If under the roof, the wind rustles, the building is empty.

Radicals

宀 roof
翏 sound of the wind
羽 feather
㐱 Person with pointssimilar to: measles 疹 - Strokes are, because it was hard to draw points using a brush.
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 Vocabulary

寥寥 liáo liáo  very few
寥寥 liáo liáo  very few
寥落 liáo luò  sparse; few and far between
寥寥无几 liáo liáo wú jǐ  just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.
寥寥无几 liáo liáo wú jǐ  just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.
寥寥无几 liáo liáo wú jǐ  

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