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音読おんよみ: リョウ

訓読くんよみ: none*

画数かくすう: 2

部首ぶしゅ: 亅(はねぼう)

Meaning

Finish / Be completed / Understand

  • 了解りょうかい — understanding; “got it” / roger
  • 終了しゅうりょう — end; termination; program ending
  • 完了かんりょう — completion; finished state
  • 了承りょうしょう — consent; acknowledgement
  • 修了しゅうりょう — completion of a course or program
  • 投了とうりょう — resigning in shogi or go
  • 了見りょうけん — one’s outlook; way of thinking (often critical)

The kanji is a very small character, originally linked to the idea of something being fully formed or brought to an end. In modern Japanese it appears mostly in compounds that describe a task being finished or a situation being understood — like 完了かんりょう, 終了しゅうりょう, and 了解りょうかい.

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