Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Lame (yóu) Liaó; Kangxi stroke count: 6; Page 298, Entry 08 Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): This is the original written form of the character liao. Additionally, in the Classified Dictionary of Five Sounds (Wuyin Jiyun), it is pronounced liao (rising tone), with the same sound as niao. It means "in this way" or "like this."