Read Edit View history 了 leliǎo HSK1 finish Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a young child, similar to 子, but without arms. Compare to 孑 (child only with right arm) and 孓 (child only with left arm). The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas le ×liǎo ×liào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 了 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 了 ×瞭 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint A child (子) without arms. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 了 Simp strokes 了 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 了 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 228, 705 ], [ 296, 678 ], [ 401, 712 ], [ 502, 736 ], [ 666, 768 ], [ 699, 764 ], [ 716, 739 ], [ 721, 715 ], [ 534, 568 ], [ 513, 563 ] ], [ [ 461, 574 ], [ 532, 506 ], [ 551, 451 ], [ 564, 290 ], [ 556, 153 ], [ 541, 101 ], [ 515, 68 ], [ 470, 84 ], [ 367, 141 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 526 549 Q 569 571 661 633 Q 704 664 732 669 Q 778 679 784 698 Q 787 708 749 753 Q 716 793 703 793 Q 336 721 301 716 Q 265 715 244 719 Q 225 723 216 711 Q 212 702 222 690 Q 232 675 260 657 Q 284 638 295 639 Q 305 638 328 653 Q 391 698 626 741 Q 671 750 677 746 Q 681 745 680 739 Q 679 729 522 577 Q 512 570 506 563 C 484 543 500 535 526 549 Z", "M 506 563 Q 475 585 461 588 Q 448 591 448 567 Q 449 549 471 533 Q 513 497 525 417 Q 544 180 506 126 Q 505 126 505 124 Q 493 114 469 123 Q 430 130 383 141 Q 364 148 363 140 Q 363 137 456 50 Q 480 28 496 -3 Q 506 -13 518 -8 Q 534 -1 563 42 Q 614 127 585 436 Q 581 464 577 485 Q 568 528 526 549 L 506 563 Z" ] } 2 strokes 了 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 221, 709 ], [ 299, 678 ], [ 693, 767 ], [ 728, 709 ], [ 511, 559 ] ], [ [ 456, 580 ], [ 534, 504 ], [ 550, 458 ], [ 554, 142 ], [ 501, 44 ], [ 369, 138 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M526,549C544,560 609,602 661,633C691,652 716,665 732,669C761,678 780,686 784,698C786,705 774,724 749,753C726,781 711,795 703,793C458,747 324,718 301,716C277,714 257,717 244,719C230,722 221,720 216,711C212,706 215,699 222,690C229,681 241,671 260,657C276,647 287,639 295,639C301,639 313,643 328,653C370,683 469,712 626,741C656,747 671,749 677,746C678,745 681,743 680,739C675,728 600,651 506,563C500,557 519,544 526,549Z", "M506,563C484,578 470,586 461,588C452,590 447,584 448,567C448,556 456,546 471,533C499,511 519,472 525,417C540,261 531,162 506,126C498,116 476,120 469,121C436,126 413,133 383,141C369,145 363,142 363,136C362,134 393,109 456,50C471,37 483,18 496,-3C501,-10 510,-11 518,-8C528,-3 544,13 563,42C598,98 605,232 585,436C583,456 579,472 577,485C571,515 551,532 526,549C513,558 513,558 506,563Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.