The Chinese Radical: 了


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Meaning
past tense identifer    了

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to be completed, to understand clearly, past-tense-suffix
le, liǎo
A child , but without arms
A child without arms? I understand: It has to be completed!
JLPT HSK 5
medical treatment, to cure, therapy
liáo
Left: disease (An ice- -cold building 广 makes sick.), right: past tense identifer, to fulfill (The still arm-less child should be completed.)
Turning the disease into 'history', means: treatment. - Or: The disease of the arm-less child , shall be treated.
JLPT HSK 6
to groan, to snort, to hum, to croon, humph!
hēng
Left: mouth , right: prosperous (Who makes big/high things to accomplish is prosperous.) [ = The still arm-less child should be completed.]
Out of the mouth below the nose , this mouth , comes out a groan.
JLPT HSK 6
distantly apart, far away
liáo
Left: movement , right: perfect suffix, to accomplish (The still arm-less child should be completed.)
Since his movement was in perfect tense, he is in far distance.
JLPT no HSK
prosperous, flourish
hēng
Top: vari. of high , bottom: perfect suffix for accomplishing (The still arm-less child should be completed.)
Who makes big/high things to accomplish is prosperous.
JLPT no HSK
urgent, repeatedly, frequently
jí, qì
Outside: sigh, gasp 叹 (The mouth should be (covered) with the hand , when: sighing.), inside: to accomplish (Past-suffix) (The still arm-less child should be completed.), one
He sighed at the completion because it was so urgent.

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