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了 le — “(something happened)”
How to write and say the Chinese character 了 (le), which means (something happened) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Little glue words.
Pinyin · 拼音 le
Meaning · 意思 (something happened)
Strokes · 笔画 2
Radical · 部首 亅 (hook)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
了 is written with 2 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
A little picture: a child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子.
A common word常用词
下雨了
it's raining!
Example sentence例句
花开了，春天来了。
The flowers are out — spring is here!
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