How to write 完 (wán, “to finish”)

完 (wán), an HSK 2 character, means “to finish”, “to be over” and “whole”. It pairs a meaning part, 宀 (“roof”), with a sound part, 元 (“currency unit”). On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 完成 (“to complete”), 完全 (“complete”) and 完整 (“complete”). Japanese reads it kan, “perfect”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin: wán
Strokes: 7
HSK: 2
Radical: 宀 (“roof”)

Stroke by stroke

As a top-bottom character it splits into 宀 (“roof”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 元 (“currency unit”), strokes 4–7, written the top first.

Vertical ㇑topdown and right
Dot ㇔top leftdownwards
Horizontal hook ㇖top leftrightwards → down and left
Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
Vertical-curve-hook ㇟centerdownwards → rightwards → upwards

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

Japanese and Chinese draw all 7 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.

Japanese · KanjiVG · 7 strokes

Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 7 strokes

Where 完 comes from

roof

Meaning part: 宀 (“roof”)
Sound part: 元 (“currency unit”)

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Pinyin and meaning

Pinyin	Meanings	Traditional	In words
wán second tone	to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire	—	完成完全完整完美

HSK 2025 syllabus: level 2
2021 standard: level 2
HSK 2.0: in a level 2 word
Words with it: 62 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 完

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
完	wán	to finish; to be over HSK 2
完成	wánchéng	to complete; to accomplish HSK 3
完全	wánquán	complete; whole HSK 4
完整	wánzhěng	complete; intact HSK 5
完美	wánměi	perfect HSK 5
完善	wánshàn	comprehensive; well-developed HSK 5
完好	wánhǎo	intact; in good condition HSK 7-9
没完没了沒完沒了	méiwán-méiliǎo	without end; incessantly HSK 7-9
完备完備	wánbèi	faultless; complete HSK 7-9
完毕完畢	wánbì	to finish; to end HSK 7-9

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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Contain it:

HSK 2, in list order: