了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly
了
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乛
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亅
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Mnemonic symbol from "to finish" and the shape of the character: a prize cup.
Li Qingzhao (li) is responsible for manufacturing a prize cup (了). She only needs to add a poetic engraving. Unfortunately, she suffers from a writer's block. In the aorta's living room (ao3), someone left a cryptic message engraved on the walls using a sickle (乛), which is still lying on the floor. Being an accomplished poet Li Qingzhao is able to understand the message clearly (了), realizes its poetic potential and starts to engrave it on the prize cup using a crowbar (亅).
Li Qingzhao (li) is responsible for manufacturing a prize cup (了). She only needs to add a poetic engraving. Unfortunately, she suffers from a writer's block. In the aorta's living room (ao3), someone left a cryptic message engraved on the walls using a sickle (乛), which is still lying on the floor. Being an accomplished poet Li Qingzhao is able to understand the message clearly (了), realizes its poetic potential and starts to engrave it on the prize cup using a crowbar (亅).
了 character breakdown
variant of 乙[zhe2]
Mnemonic symbol: a sickle.
James II of England (zh) cuts his own hair with his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
James II of England (zh) cuts his own hair with his new sickle (乛) in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
Characters with 了 as component
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
to treat / to cure / therapy
疗
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了
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疒
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Li Qingzhao (li) has been having a colorful rash (疒) for a long time now, and she heard that there is a magic cup to cure her sickness in the aorta. In the kitchen (ao2) she sees a golden price cup (了) and starts drinking out of it immediately, and her colorful rash starts to disappear slowly. She still cannot believe that this price cup actually cured (疗) her rash.
prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)
亨
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亠
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口
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了
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Mnemonic symbol: American scientist Joseph Henry.
Before Henry (亨) invented inductance he used to hang out with Hamlet (h) a lot in front of the engine ((e)ng1). One day he observed Hamlet shifting a mandarin (口) from a price cup (了) to a beret (亠) and vice versa, which gave him the idea of putting an iron core into an electromagnet.
Before Henry (亨) invented inductance he used to hang out with Hamlet (h) a lot in front of the engine ((e)ng1). One day he observed Hamlet shifting a mandarin (口) from a price cup (了) to a beret (亠) and vice versa, which gave him the idea of putting an iron core into an electromagnet.
Words with 了
once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved / death ends all one's troubles
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite