The kanji 了: meaning, readings and stroke order

了

Meaning: finish, understand
On reading: リョウ ryou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 2
Radical: 亅 hook
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kết thúc, hiểu (liễu)
Japanese: おわる。わかる。
Korean: 끝나다, 알다 (료·요)
Chinese: 完结、明白

Readings, words and example sentences

リョウ ryou · on reading

完かん了りょう
completion, finishing
作業が 完かん了りょうしました。
The work is finished.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.