Kanji 終

音読おんよみ: シュウ

訓読くんよみ:わる・おえる

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: いとへん(糸)

Meaning

End / Finish / Terminate

Conjugation
Tap for 終わる (end) Tap for 終える (finish)
  • 終電しゅうでん — last train
  • 終業しゅうぎょう — end of work
  • 終点しゅうてん — terminal station
  • 最終さいしゅう — final, last
  • 終日しゅうじつ — all day long
  • 終了しゅうりょう — completion, termination
More examples - tap to expand
  • 終局しゅうきょく — conclusion, end
  • 終生しゅうせい — lifelong, for life
  • 終末しゅうまつ — end, conclusion; the last days
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • わる — to finish reading
  • わる — to finish writing
  • わる — to finish eating
  • These verbs may also appear with える (e.g., 読み終える), which sounds more formal and deliberate.

終 is composed of 糸 (thread) and 冬 (winter), a season often symbolizing the end of the year. The image of tying up threads conveys the sense of wrapping things up or bringing closure.

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