How to write 燎

燎 [liáo] 1. To burn continuously. 2. To scald. 3. To illuminate. 燎 [liáo] 1. To burn continuously: ~荒 (burning wasteland), ~原烈火 (flames raging over the plain). 2. To scald: ~泡 (scalding bubble). 3. To illuminate. 燎 [liáo] (noun) 1. A torch placed on the ground, a large firebrand ([En.] torch). 燎 [liáo] (verb) 1. To scald ([En.] scald). 2. See also liǎo; liào. 燎 [liáo] (noun) 1. A torch placed on the ground, a large firebrand ([En.] torch). [Referencing] 1. "The Book of Songs - Lesser雅: The light of the torches in the courtyard at night." Commentary: "A courtyard torch is set in the garden, used for illumination; larger than a candle." 2. "Fire on the ground is called '燎', holding it is '烛'." [Example] For example: 燎火 (burning torch); 燎炬 (firebrand); 燎烛 (candle torch). 燎 [liáo] (verb) 1. To scald ([En.] scald). [Example] For example: 燎浆泡 (scalding bubble). 2. See also liǎo; liào. 燎 [lià] 1. To burn close to a fire until charred. [Example] For example: To say, "my hair was ~." 燎 [liǎo] (verb) 1. The original meaning: to set fire to grass and trees. 2. [Creation Method]: Pictophonetic; composed of fire and the sound "尞 (liáo)." 1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] burn). 2. To roast, dry, or scorch ([En.] roast; scald). 3. To be singed by flames ([En.] singe). 4. To understand or clarify ([En.] understand). 5. See also liáo; liào. 燎 [liǎo] (verb) 1. To illuminate ([En.] illuminate). 2. To hunt at night ([En.] hunt in night). 3. To borrow meaning from "尞". To burn kindling in sacrifice to heaven ([En.] burn). 4. See also liáo; liǎo. 燎 [liào] (verb) 1. To illuminate ([En.] illuminate). [Referencing] 1. "From Lüshi Chunqiu: Though Duke Huan did not speak, it was as if light illuminated the dark night." 2. To hunt at night ([En.] hunt in night). [Referencing] 1. "In the past, there was a man named Yuan who hunted at night." [Example] For example: 燎猎 (night hunting). 3. To borrow meaning from "尞". To burn kindling in sacrifice to heaven ([En.] burn). [Referencing] 1. "From Lüshi Chunqiu: In the new season of sacrifices, the gatherings of wood were burned." Commentary: "燎 refers to gathering firewood, placing jade and livestock on top to burn." 2. "Book of Songs - Great雅: What the people burned." Explanation: "Firewood for sacrificial offerings to heaven." 3. "Han Shu - Sima Xiangru: He honored it with sacrifice." Commentary: "To worship heaven." 4. "White Tiger Scriptures - Fengshan: Sacrifice to heaven, to honor the meaning." [Example] For example: 燎柴 (burning wood in a sacrifice); 燎祭 (one of the ancient sacrificial ceremonies that involved placing jade, silk, and livestock on a wood pile and burning it to sacrifice to heaven); 燎燔 (burning wood to conduct a sacrifice). 4. See also liáo; liǎo.