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Kotomora

終

end, finish

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 500Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • シュウ

Kun'yomi

  • お.わる
  • -お.わる
  • おわ.る
  • お.える
  • つい
  • つい.に

Nanori

  • ばて

Meaning

終 centers on reaching a final point: the end of a process or the act of finishing something.

Most common words using 終

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  • 終わるおわる
    N5

    to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over

  • 終了しゅうりょう
    N2

    end; close; conclusion; termination

  • 最終さいしゅう
    N3

    last; final; closing

  • 終わりおわり
    N5

    end; ending; close; conclusion

  • 終えるおえる
    N3

    to finish

  • 終盤しゅうばん

    endgame; final stage

  • 終始しゅうし
    N2

    beginning and end

  • 終戦しゅうせん
    N1

    end of war; cessation of hostilities

  • 終末しゅうまつ

    end; close; conclusion; termination

  • 終身しゅうしん

    lifelong; lifetime; for life; life

  • 終結しゅうけつ

    end; close

  • 終焉しゅうえん

    end (of life); death; demise

  • 終電しゅうでん
    N3

    last train (of the day)

  • 終点しゅうてん
    N3

    terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

  • 終日しゅうじつ
    N1

    all day; for a whole day

  • 終止符しゅうしふ
    N1

    full stop; period

  • 終息しゅうそく

    cessation; (coming to an) end

  • 臨終りんじゅう
    N1

    deathbed; dying hour; one's death

  • 始終しじゅう
    N2

    continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last

  • 終値おわりね

    closing price

  • 終着駅しゅうちゃくえき
    N1

    terminal station

  • 終局しゅうきょく

    end; close; conclusion

  • 最終的さいしゅうてき

    final; eventual; ultimate

  • 終了後しゅうりょうご

    after the end (of something)

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Etymology

終 combines 糸 (thread) with 冬 (winter), which likely contributes the sound. The idea of thread ending or winter as the year's end may have influenced the meaning of finishing.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is thread 糸, and the right side is winter 冬. Picture a spool of thread running out just as winter ends the year: 終 is the end.

Reading mnemonic

For シュウ, imagine a shoe at the end of a long thread: shoe -> シュウ, and when the thread runs out, the shoe is finished.