了 — Chinese character
了
le, liǎo
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
- Pinyin
- le, liǎo
- Radical
- 6 ⼅ (Hook)
- Strokes
- 2
- Components
- 乛 亅
- Formation
- pictographic — A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子
- Traditional
- 瞭
- Japanese
- 了 as a kanji
Common words with 了
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 为了 (為了) | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 了解 (瞭解) | liǎo jiě | variant of 了解 (liǎo jiě) |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, |
| 不了 | bù le | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) |
| 不了 | bù liǎo | (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 个 (ge) + ~) without end; incessantly |
| 罢了 (罷了) | bà le | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) |
| 罢了 (罷了) | bà liǎo | a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok) |
| 算了 | suàn le | let it be; let it pass |
| 受不了 | shòu bù liǎo | unbearable; unable to endure |
| 极了 (極了) | jí le | extremely; exceedingly |
| 了不起 | liǎo bu qǐ | amazing; terrific |
English words written with 了
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