Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Eye (mù) Character: Liao Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 817, Entry 26 Pronounced liao (rising tone) according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), and Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun). Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Eyes that are bright and clear. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Spring Office, Grand Master: To oversee three hundred bright-eyed people. Commentary: Liao refers to individuals with keen eyesight. Mencius: When the heart is upright and honest, the pupils of the eyes are bright and clear. Also, in the Master Kuang (Shikuang) Treatise on Birds (Qinjing): A liao is a sparrowhawk. Commentary by Zhang Hua: It is a bird that can see from a great distance. Also, Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Arguments (Jiubian): Dim and obscure, reaching toward the sky. Commentary: Liao, pronounced liao, is also pronounced yao. It is also used interchangeably with the variant form yao. Also, according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), and Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced liao (level tone). The meaning remains the same.