Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Character: Liao Kangxi Dictionary Stroke Count: 16 Page 779, Entry 33 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced diao. Exhibiting Elegance (Boya): Liao means madness. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): It also refers to a childhood illness.