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Shuowen

Complete. The character 完 is composed of 宀 (roof) as the semantic, indicating a covering or place, and 丸 (pill) as the phonetic, providing the sound. The original meaning is "complete, whole," as a roof shelters everything beneath it, making it whole. In oracle bone script, the character depicts a roof over a round object, symbolizing totality.

Pinyin

wán· HSK 1