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了
liǎo
1. to finish
2. to achieve
3. variant of [[瞭|了<liǎo>]]
4. to understand clearly
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 2 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

了
le
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
HSK 1 2 丶

Compound Words (20)

了结
liǎojié
to settle
了然
liǎorán
to understand clearly
得了
déliǎo
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
了当
liǎodàng
frank
了解
liǎojiě
to understand
HSK 3
终了
zhōngliǎo
to end
罢了
bàliǎo
a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
未了
wèiliǎo
unfinished
了解
liǎojiě
to understand
HSK 3
私了
sīliǎo
to settle privately
了然
liǎorán
to understand clearly
知了
zhīliǎo
cicada
了断
liǎoduàn
to settle (a dispute etc)
了得
liǎode
exceptional
了局
liǎojú
end
明了
míngliǎo
to understand clearly
了了
liǎoliǎo
to realize clearly
到了
dàoliǎo
at last
了事
liǎoshì
to dispose of a matter
了却
liǎoquè
to resolve

Alternate Entries

了
le
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker)
HSK 1
了
liǎo
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
4
Word Frequency Rank
4 of 84,292