了(le): (completed action marker)
HSK 12 strokes
Readingsleliǎo
(completed action marker)
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- le / liǎo
- Meaning
- (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- Strokes
- 2
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 了 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 了 step by step
2 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
- 1
- 2
Words with 了
Common words using 了 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
chú除le了
HSK 3apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 …
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