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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

瞭: clear

JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

目 carries the meaning · 尞 is drawn in

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 明瞭めいりょうclear; plain; distinct
  • 瞭然りょうぜんobvious; evident; clear
  • 不明瞭ふめいりょうunclear; indistinct; obscure

Also read あきらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
瞭 clear · 目
vs療 heal · 疒
瞭 has 目 where 療 has 疒.
In ChineseSimplified 了 · traditional, as in Japanese · le

Japan keeps the traditional form 瞭; mainland China simplifies it to 了.

Simplified
了 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
瞭 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin le most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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