了 · le
to finish; particle of completed action
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
to finish; particle of completed action
- Mandarin
- le
- Cantonese
- liu5
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 了 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 료
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
- 요
- KS X 1001 (0)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+4E86
- Radical
- 亅 · 6
- Strokes
- 2 · Unihan
- Residual
- 1
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
2 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 了
Character connections
Sentence context · 8 matches
她的笔迹漂亮极了。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #395543 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #395536 · Original contributor: CK · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- lewX · 盧鳥 反切 · #1667
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 10998 · lewX = 效開四上蕭來
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- le
- kCantonese
- liu5
- kDefinition
- to finish; particle of completed action
- kTotalStrokes
- 2
- kRSUnicode
- 6.1
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+4E86 U+77AD
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+4E86
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:17
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- liǎo,le,liào 10048.060
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- le 0684.060 · liǎo 0711.150 · liào 0712.070
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- le 212.080 · liǎo 223.010,223.020
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- le(30101) liǎo(654) liào(19)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- liǎo粵liu5 le粵liu5