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了liǎo如rú指zhǐ掌zhǎng
  1. to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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4
了
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

Pinyin
le
Strokes
2
Frequency
4 of 2500
Words starting with 了Words ending in 了Anywhere in a word
如
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

as, as if, such as

Pinyin
rú
Strokes
6
Frequency
1252 of 2500
Words starting with 如Words ending in 如Anywhere in a word
指
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on, (of hair) to stand on end

Pinyin
zhǐ
Strokes
9
Frequency
1173 of 2500
Words starting with 指Words ending in 指Anywhere in a word
掌
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

palm of the hand, sole of the foot, paw, horseshoe, to slap, to hold in one's hand, to wield

Pinyin
zhǎng
Strokes
12
Frequency
14233 of 2500
Words starting with 掌Words ending in 掌Anywhere in a word