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了 — stroke order
le
ㄌㄜ˙
- Meaning
- completed-action or change-of-state particle
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 亅
Watch how to write 了 (le) stroke by stroke. 了 has 2 strokes and means “completed-action or change-of-state particle”. It appears in common words such as 為了 (in order to) and 除了 (besides). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Pronunciation and meaning in context
As the neutral-tone particle le, 了 can mark completion or a changed situation. It is also read liǎo in words such as 了解 (liǎojiě, understand). The reading depends on the word and sentence. Dictionary readings (CC-CEDICT)
Common words with 了
The most common words that use 了 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
為了wèilein order to除了chúlebesides了解liǎojiěto understand不得了bùdéliǎodesperately serious了不起liǎobuqǐamazing罷了bàlea modal particle indicating
How 了 is written
- Radical
- 亅
- Components
- 乛 ＋ 亅
- Formation
- Pictographic — A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子.