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Mythic Mandarin

算了 (suàn le): meaning and stroke order

算了 (suàn le) means let it be, let it pass, forget about it.

算了

Simplified
算了
Traditional
算了 (same form)
Pinyin
suàn le

Stroke order of 算了

算

  • suàn to regard as; to figure
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

了

  • le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  • liǎo to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
  • liǎo (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted
  • 2 strokes
  • Traditional form: 瞭

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 算了

  1. suàn le
    • let it be
    • let it pass
    • forget about it

Radicals of the characters

算
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 14 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 𥃲 below
了
Radical 亅 (Kangxi radical 6) · 2 strokes · 乛 on top, 亅 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

算了 in our stories

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  • 大海翻着白浪嘲笑她：“小鸟，算了吧！你就是填一百万年，也别想把我填平。”

    dàhǎi fān zhe bái làng cháoxiào tā xiǎo niǎo suànle ba nǐ jiùshì tián yìbǎiwàn nián yě bié xiǎng bǎ wǒ tián píng

    The sea laughed at her with its white-capped waves: "Give up, little bird! Even if you fill for a million years, don't imagine you'll ever fill me in."

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 算了

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).