liáo
髎
acupuncture point; sparse; silent
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
gap between bone joints; used in acupuncture point names
technicalA specialized term in traditional Chinese medicine, primarily used in the names of acupuncture points (e.g., 腧穴). It is not used in everyday modern language.
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'.