完

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完 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十一一山 (JMMU), four-corner 3021₁, composition ⿱宀元)

• 俒 唍 垸 㛡 捖 浣 院 晥 脘 𮋲 梡 烷 琓 皖 睆 綄 羦 䖾 𧨎 輐 鋎 䯘 鯇(鲩) 䴷
• 鵍 莞 筦 𣻻 𥕜

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 282, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7079
• Dae Jaweon: page 555, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 914, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B8C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦŋoːn) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon).

完

1. whole; complete; intact

   完好  ―  wánhǎo  ―  intact

   • 城入趙而璧留秦；城不入，臣請完璧歸趙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     城入赵而璧留秦；城不入，臣请完璧归赵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chéng rù Zhào ér bì liú Qín; chéng bù rù, chén qǐng wán bì guī Zhào. [Pinyin]

     If the cities are granted to Zhao, the jade will remain in Qin; if the cities are not granted, allow your servant to return to Zhao with the jade intact.

   • 大人豈見覆巢之下，復有完卵乎？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     大人岂见覆巢之下，复有完卵乎？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Dàrén qǐ jiàn fù cháo zhī xià, fù yǒu wán luǎn hū? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to end; to finish

   說個沒完／说个没完  ―  shuō ge méi wán  ―  to not stop talking

   噉就完咗喇？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   gam² zau⁶ jyun⁴ zo² laa⁴? [Jyutping]

   Is that all!? / It's over just like that?

   1. Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).

   食完 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ jyun⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  done eating

   搞完！ [Cantonese]  ―  gaau² jyun⁴! [Jyutping]  ―  Done!

   你的作業做完了沒有？ [MSC, trad.]
   你的作业做完了没有？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ de zuòyè zuò wán le méiyǒu? [Pinyin]

   Have you finished your homework?

   我還沒說完呢。／我还没说完呢。  ―  Wǒ hái méi shuō wán ne.  ―  I have not finished talking.

3. to run out; to use up

   信紙用完了／信纸用完了  ―  xìnzhǐ yòng wán le  ―  We are out of writing paper.

4. to complete; to finish

   完工  ―  wángōng  ―  to complete a project

   完稿  ―  wángǎo  ―  to finish a piece of writing

5. (obsolete) firm; stable
6. perfect; faultless; flawless

   完人  ―  wánrén  ―  perfect person

7. to fail; to enter a dangerous or hopeless state; to be doomed; done for
8. to pay; to pay back

   完稅／完税  ―  wánshuì  ―  to pay taxes

9. (obsolete) abundant; sufficient; plentiful
10. (literary) to preserve

    • 不賂者以賂者喪。蓋失強援，不能獨完，故曰弊在賂秦也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      不赂者以赂者丧。盖失强援，不能独完，故曰弊在赂秦也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: 11th century, Su Xun, 六國論

      Bù lù zhě yǐ lù zhě sàng. Gài shī qiángyuán, bùnéng dú wán, gù yuē bì zài lù Qín yě. [Pinyin]

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

11. (literary) to build; to repair; to renovate

    • 溥彼韓城，燕師所完。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
      溥彼韩城，燕师所完。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

      Pǔ bǐ Hán chéng, Yān shī suǒ wán. [Pinyin]

      Large is the wall of [the city of] Han,
      Built by the multitudes of Yan.

    • 父母使舜完廩，捐階，瞽瞍焚廩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      父母使舜完廪，捐阶，瞽瞍焚廪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

      Fùmǔ shǐ Shùn wán lǐn, juān jiē, Gǔ Sǒu fén lǐn. [Pinyin]

      His parents set Shun to repair a granary, to which, the ladder having been removed, Gu Sou set fire.

12. (historical) an ancient light punishment
13. a surname

• (whole):

• (used after a verb): 盡／尽 (jìn)
• (Cantonese) (used after a verb): 嗮 (sài)
• (Hakka) (used after a verb): 撇
• (Hokkien) (used after a verb): 了

• (Used after a verb): 了 (le)
• (Cantonese) (Used after a verb): 咗 (zo²)

• → Vietnamese: vẹn

• “完”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: がん (gan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: まったい (mattai, 完い)、まっとう (mattou, 完う)

From Middle Chinese 完 (MC hwan).

• (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

完(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. complete, perfect, infallible, faultless
2. to complete, to finish

完(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. the end; finis (used at the end of a novel, movie, etc.)

完(かん) • (-kan) ^{←くわん (-kwan)?}

1. completion; conclusion; end
2. fully provided

From Middle Chinese 完 (MC hwan).

 

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

完

Wikisource

完 (eumhun 완전할 완 (wanjeonhal wan))

1. hanja form^? of 완 (“complete; whole”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

完: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

1. complete (used only as part of a compound)

• hoàn hảo (“successfully done, perfect”) (完好)
• hoàn thiện (“to complete, to perfect”) (完善)
• hoàn thành (“to accomplish, to finish, to complete”) (完成)
• hoàn toàn (“complete, completely”) (完全)