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Pictograph of a young child, similar to 子, but without arms. Compare to 孑 (child only with right arm) and 孓 (child only with left arm). The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
了 [le]
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
了 [liǎo]
to finish; to achieve; variant of 瞭|了[liǎo]; to understand clearly
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
了 あきら
Akira female given name
了 おさむ
Osamu given name
了 おわり
Owari given name
了 さとし
Satoshi male given name
了 さとる
Satoru given name
了 とおる
Tooru given name
了 りお
Rio female given name
了 りょう
Ryō female given namesurname
了 りよう
Riyou unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
为了 [wèile] #220
in order to
为了 [wèile] #220
in order to
了解 [liǎojiě] #351
to understand
到了 [dàoliǎo] #378
at last
除了 [chúle] #626
besides
不了 [bùle] #1,133
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
极了 [jíle] #575
extremely
极了 [jíle] #575
extremely
完了 [wánle] #5,848
to be finished
得了 [déle] #3,922
all right!
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JAPANESE WORDS (103)
⭐ 終わる [おわる] #212
to end
⭐ 終える [おえる] #897
to finish
⭐ 了解 [りょうかい] #1,745
comprehension
⭐ 終了 [しゅうりょう] #2,158
end
⭐ 完了 [かんりょう] #3,342
completion
⭐ 了承 [りょうしょう] #5,527
acknowledgement
⭐ 魅了 [みりょう] #8,754
charm
⭐ 仕舞う [しまう] #10,681
to finish
一目瞭然 [いちもくりょうぜん] #11,965
obvious
⭐ 明瞭 [めいりょう] #12,056
clear
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