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Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

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Character breakdownle / top–bottom / Pictograph
了
le

Definition: (particle of change)

Strokes

Components

Part / top乛componentPart / bottom亅juéhook
了le / liǎo
Structuretop–bottom
Radical亅hook
TypePictograph

How it works

了 developed from a stylized picture of the thing or idea it represents.

Common words 4

  • 除了 HSK 3chúleother than; besides
  • 了解 HSK 3liǎojiěto know
  • 为了 HSK 3wèilefor the sake of
  • 极（了） HSK 3jí (le)extremely