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CHINESE CHARACTER

le

了

了

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aspect particle (completed action)

Numbered pinyin
le5
English meanings
entirely

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 乛; bottom 亅.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱乛亅

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我chī吃wánliǎo完了。

    I've finished eating.

  2. 02

    tā他lái来le了。

    He has come.

  3. 03

    tiān天hēi黑le了。

    It's dark now.

  4. 04

    shū书dú读wánliǎo完了。

    I've finished reading the book.

  5. 05

    xiàyǔ下雨le了。

    It's raining.

  6. 06

    wǒ我míngbai明白le了。

    I understand now.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • …极了
  • 一目了然
  • 不了了之
  • 不得了
  • 为了
  • 了不起
  • 了却
  • 了结
  • 了解
  • 免不了
  • 别提了
  • 受不了
  • 吹了
  • 完了
  • 少不了
  • 得了
  • 忘不了
  • 没完没了
  • 算了
  • 罢了
  • 说白了
  • 除了