liáo髎（寥）
髎（寥）
technical
name
Meaning of 髎
髎 means gap between bone joints; used in acupuncture point names. Pronounced liáo.
- gap between bone joints; used in acupuncture point names
Character Info
Radical疒
Strokes15
Stroke Order
髎
Definitions & Examples
Gāo膏
huāng肓
zhī之
jí疾
，
fēi非
zhēn针
yào药
suǒ所
néng能
jí及
yě也
。
A disease located in the vitals is beyond the reach of acupuncture and medicine. (Here 膏肓, gāo huāng, is a classical term for a vital region, conceptually related to 寥).
Zhōng中
yī医
diǎn典
jí籍
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
le了
xǔ许
duō多
yǐ以
“
liáo寥
”
mìng命
míng名
de的
xué穴
wèi位
。
Traditional Chinese medical texts record many acupuncture points named with the character '寥'.