完
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 宀 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 完
- Common rank
- #1,116
- Unicode
- U+5B8C
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
finish · Heisig RSH #193
house + 元 beginning
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 完
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人无完人 | nobody is perfect; everyone has their defect | |
| 完形心理学 | Gestalt psychology (concerned with treating a subject as a coherent whole) | |
| 完美主义者 | perfectionist | |
| 不完全归纳推理 | inference by incomplete induction | |
| 完事大吉 | (idiom) (usu. after 就[jiu4]) (having done such-and-such) everything is now fine; that's th… | |
| 不完全叶 | (botany) an incomplete leaf – one that lacks a lamina, petiole, or stipule | |
| 完成时 | perfect tense (grammar) | |
| 完全归纳推理 | inference by complete induction | |
| 完形心理治疗 | Gestalt psychotherapy | |
| 功完行满 | to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom) | |
| 完美无缺 | perfect and without blemish; flawless; to leave nothing to be desired | |
| 完人 | perfect person | |
| 完好无缺 | in perfect condition; without any defect | |
| 完好如初 | intact; untouched; as good as before | |
| 完事 | to be finished (with sth) | |
| 不完善 | imperfect | |
| 完工 | to finish work; to complete a project | |
| 完成 | to complete; to accomplish | |
| 完备性 | completeness | |
| 用完 | used up; finished |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 元 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元 sound part | first; dollar; origin; head | |
| 远 | distant, remote, far; profound | |
| 园 | garden, park; orchard | |
| 玩 | to play with, to joke, to entertain | |
| 顽 | stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate | |
| 沅 | a river in western Hunan | |
| 阮 | ancient musical instrument; surname | |
| 芫 | a poisonous plant; Daphne genkwa | |
| 朊 | protein | |
| 蚖 | salamander, newt | |
| 鼋 | large turtle, sea turtle |