IDENTITY
了leaspect particle (completed action or change)
HSK 1Top 2
CORE MEANING
aspect particle (completed action or change)
- Part of speech
- particle
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.particle marking completion or changeHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亅hook radical (jué)
- strokes
- 2
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱乛亅
- top stroke
- bottom hook
USAGE
Common words
好了hǎo ledone; all right
知道了zhīdào legot it
来了lái lehere; on the way
Graded examples
下雨了。Xià yǔ le.HSK1
It is raining (now).
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A small hook that locks an action in as finished.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #2
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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