終
end, finish
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
24 of 245- 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)
Study
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.