Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: liao Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 271, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced liao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced liao. Explained Characters (Shuowen): A woman's name. Another view is that it means to play together. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced liao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced liao. The appearance of being beautiful. Another view is that it means to play. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced liao. Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong (Yangzi): In the regions of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, beauty is called liao. Also, a woman's name. History of the Former Han (Qianhan): Biography of the Western Regions: Lady Feng, named Liao, was a palace attendant of the Han Dynasty. She was skilled in historical records, traveled in a brocade carriage, and held the tally to maintain peace with the nomadic tribes before returning. Also, northern people refer to a grandmother as liao liao. Another view is that it is pronounced lao. Interchangeable with the term for an elderly woman (ao).