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終

End
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingシュウ
Kun readingお.わる、お.える、つい
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 10

Verbs with «終»

終わる終了する終える終始する

Meanings

  1. endRtK
  2. finish
  1. ending
  2. close
  3. conclusion
  4. end of (one's) life

Popular Usage

終る終わり最終終える始終終点終了終わる

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · winter · walking legs (儿) · ice (冫) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1452

Compound words

終わりおわり
end; ending; close; conclusion; end of (one's) life
最終さいしゅう
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
終えるおえる
to finish; to graduate
始終しじゅう
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
終点しゅうてん
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
終了しゅうりょう
end; close; conclusion; termination
終わるおわる
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over
終身しゅうしん
lifelong; lifetime; for life; life
終了するしゅうりょうする
to end; to finish
終局しゅうきょく
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
終結しゅうけつ
end; close
終始しゅうし
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
終戦しゅうせん
end of war; cessation of hostilities
終息しゅうそく
cessation; (coming to an) end
終値おわりね
closing price
終電しゅうでん
last train (of the day)
終日しゅうじつ
all day; for a whole day
終盤しゅうばん
endgame; final stage
終末しゅうまつ
end; close; conclusion; termination
終焉しゅうえん
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
臨終りんじゅう
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
終止符しゅうしふ
full stop; period; end
終着駅しゅうちゃくえき
terminal station
終了後しゅうりょうご
after the end (of something)

On Reading Examples

少年は終日その仕事を根気よくやった。しゅうじつ
He kept at the job all day.tatoeba
終日雨が降ったりやんだりしていた。しゅうじつ
It rained on and off all day.tatoeba
私は終日小説を読んで過ごした。しゅうじつ
I spent the whole day reading a novel.tatoeba
私は昨日は終日家にいた。しゅうじつ
I was home all day yesterday.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は講義を終わらせた。おわる
He brought his speech to an end.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不成功に終わった商談について意見を述べた。
He commented on his unsuccessful business negotiation.tatoeba
彼は彼らの激論を終わらせようとしたが無駄だった。
He tried in vain to put an end to their heated discussion.tatoeba
彼は冬が終わるのを待ち焦がれていた。
He longed for the winter to be over.tatoeba
彼は賭けをやってとんとんに終わった。
He gambled and broke even.tatoeba
さまざまな経緯はあるが、結果的には之善の試みは挫折に終る。
Yukiyoshi's initiative, after going through various episodes, ended up with failure in the event.wiki
--引用終わり--
-Unquote-wiki
これは3時頃終わり、就寝となる。
It is over around three and they go to sleep.wiki
新殿の屋根を葺き終える儀式。
This ceremony marks the completion of the thatching of the roof of the new building.wiki
元禄16年には禅者としての修行を終える。
He completed the practices of a Zen monk in 1703.wiki
終点 門真JCT
Terminus: Kadoma Junctionwiki
終点：木津川市市坂
Ｔｅｒｍｉｎus： Ichisaka, Kizugawa Citywiki
新幹線線路の借用終了。
Tenancy for the Shinkansen track was completed.wiki
P-6の急行運用終了。
P-6 (Passenger car 6: Hankyu Railway Series 100) was disused for the express train operation.wiki
決めの台詞で終わるもの
With totan ochi, a signature phrase concludes the story.wiki
勘違いをして終わるもの
The story ends with a punch line of misunderstanding.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

End. 糸 (thread) + 冬 (winter) — the end of a thread, the end of the year.

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