了

See also 瞭

Translingual

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Han character

了 (radical 6 亅+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓 (NN), four-corner 1720₇)

1. to finish
2. particle of completed action

References

• KangXi: page 85, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 226
• Dae Jaweon: page 173, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 48, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E86

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Cantonese

Hanzi

了 (jyutping liu5, Yale liu5)

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Japanese

Kanji

了 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. finish, complete

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: おわる (owaru), ついに (tsuini)

Compounds

• 了解
• 了承

Proper noun

了 (hiragana さとる, romaji Satoru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

了 (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo)

• • Yale: lyo>yo

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Mandarin

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Hanzi

了 (pinyin le (le5), liǎo (liao3), Wade-Giles le⁵, liao³)

Particle

了 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin le)

1. Used to indicate perfect aspect, or change of state.

   耶和华说，谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？

   Yēhéhuá shuō , shuí gàosu nǐ chìshēnlòutǐ ne , mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfu nǐ bùkĕ chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma .

   And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Verb

了 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin liǎo)

1. To finish

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Middle Chinese

Han character

了 (*leǔ)

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Min Nan

Verb

了 (traditional and simplified, POJ liáu)

1. also 矣

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Vietnamese

Han character

了 (liễu)