Kanji Detail of 完
完
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The kanji 完 完 primarily conveys the meaning of "complete," "perfect," or "to finish." It implies something has reached its end, is whole, or has been brought to a successful conclusion. It can also suggest an undamaged state or a state of being fully prepared. It often relates to the completion of a task, an object being whole, or an event reaching its conclusion.
・On-yomi (音読み): カン (kan) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): お(わる) (owar(u)) - to end; まった(く) (mattaku) - completely
⚫︎ 完全(かんぜん) Translation: Complete; perfect. ⚫︎ 完了(かんりょう) Translation: Completion; conclusion. ⚫︎ 完売(かんばい) Translation: Sold out.
The kanji 完 完 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; keisei moji). The character is composed of the radical 宀(うかんむり; ukanmuri) representing a "roof" or "house", and the phonetic component 元(げん; gen) which conveys the sound and a sense of "beginning" or "origin". The original meaning of 元 combined with 宀 suggested "to bring everything within a house to a complete state," eventually evolving to mean "complete" or "perfect". This suggests that all within a space are accounted for and in a finished condition.