Example sentences
zuò做wán完le了。
Done.
nǐ你chī吃wán完le了？
Finished eating?
The story behind the character
完
完 is 宀, a roof, with 元 underneath for the sound. Xu Shen defined it in one character: 完, 全也, "whole." A roof over your head and nothing missing under it. The 元 isn't doing any work here beyond telling you how to say it.