燎 (liáo) means "To singe / To burn" in Chinese. It has 16 strokes with the radical 火. Difficulty: 4.2/5.
To singe / To burn
The character 燎 (liáo) is written with 16 strokes. Follow the standard Chinese stroke order: top to bottom, left to right, outside before inside. The radical 火 is one of its key components.
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燎 is pronounced liáo in Mandarin Chinese. It means To singe / To burn.
星星之火可以燎原。
xīng xīng zhī huǒ kě yǐ liáo yuán
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
他的手起了个燎泡。
tā de shǒu qǐ le gè liáo pào
He got a blister on his hand.
墙被烟熏燎黑了。
qiáng bèi yān xūn liáo hēi le
The wall was scorched black by smoke.
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