colleague, official, companion
僚 centers on a person who works alongside others in a shared role: a colleague, companion, or fellow official.
僚 combines 亻 (person) with 尞, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a group or gathering, giving the idea of a person in a group of colleagues.
A person 亻 beside 尞, which looks like a gathering around a fire with smoke rising. Picture colleagues standing together by a fire, sharing companionship.
For リョウ, imagine a colleague named Leo who always works beside you: Leo -> リョウ, and you two are companions on the job.
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coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
cabinet ministers
staff; staff officer
consort plane
consort ship
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
general staff
subordinates; petty officials
consort ship
apparatchik
cabinet members
public servant; government official
Council of Ministers for Global Environment Conservation
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucracy
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
bureaucratic government