Kanji N2

了: complete, finish

了 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning complete, finish, written with 2 strokes. It is read リョウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 終了 (しゅうりょう, end) and 完了 (かんりょう, completion).

了

Meanings

  • complete
  • finish
Strokes2
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#792 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 了

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 終了しゅうりょう

    end; close; conclusion; termination

    JLPT N2
  • 完了かんりょう

    completion; conclusion

    JLPT N3
  • 了承りょうしょう

    acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding

    JLPT N1
  • 了解りょうかい

    comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement

    JLPT N1
  • 了りょう

    finish; completion; the end

    JLPT N1
  • 修了しゅうりょう

    completion (of a course)

    JLPT N1
  • 満了まんりょう

    expiration; termination

  • 終了後しゅうりょうご

    after the end (of something)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.