完

音読おんよみ: カン

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 7 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 宀(うかんむり)

Meaning

Complete, Finish, Perfect — Expresses the idea of something being finished without missing parts, often used for completion, perfection, or wholeness.


  • 完了かんりょう — completion
  • 完全かんぜん — perfection
  • 完結かんけつ — conclusion
  • 完備かんび — fully equipped
  • 未完みかん — unfinished
  • 完走かんそう — finishing a race

The character 完 consists of the radical 宀 (“roof”) and the component 元 (“origin” or “base”), suggesting something being safely and completely enclosed. It conveys the idea of something whole and without defect — “perfect” or “complete.”

宿題しゅくだい完了かんりょうしました。
I finished my homework.

この 計画けいかく完全かんぜん実行じっこうされた。
This plan was carried out perfectly.

🎧 This character is primarily read as カン (kan) in on-yomi. While there’s no common kun-yomi, it appears in many compound words involving “completion” or “wholeness.”

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