了 le
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- Made of
- 乛 kwukyel 亅 hook
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
了
le
particle for a completed action or a change
Character
Example phrases
- 我买了三本书。 Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū. I bought three books.
- 外面下雨了。 Wàimiàn xià yǔ le. It's started raining outside.
- 他去了学校。 Tā qùle xuéxiào. He went to school.
Related words
- 的 de possessive particle ('s, of)
- 呢 ne particle for questions (what about…?) and ongoing actions
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 吧 ba particle for suggestions (let's…) or guesses (…right?)
- 着 zhe particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)
- 子 zi noun suffix
- 都 dōu all, both
- 也 yě also, too
- 还 hái still, yet; also
- 还有 háiyǒu there is still; and also
- 就 jiù then, right away; just
- 再 zài again; then