Onyomi: シュウ · Kunyomi: -お.わる, お.える, お.わる, おわ.る, つい, つい.に · Meanings: end, finish
Kanji for end, finish
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The kanji 終 combines the “thread” radical (糸) with a component representing “end” or “complete” (夂), symbolizing the final stitch or completion of a task. In ancient times, it represented finishing work or reaching the end. 終 came to mean end, finish, or conclude, capturing completion and closure.
A thread reaching its end — 終 means end, finish, or conclude.
Imagine tying the last knot of a thread to finish — that’s 終, the kanji for ending or completing.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 終わり | おわり | end, ending, close, conclusion | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 終 | つい | end, final | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 終わる | おわる | to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over | common JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 終える | おえる | to finish | common JLPT-N3 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb, Auxiliary verb |
| 仕舞う | しまう | to finish, to stop, to end, to put an end to, to bring to a close | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 遂に | ついに | finally, in the end, at last | common JLPT-N3 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 終了 | しゅうりょう | end, close, termination | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 終点 | しゅうてん | terminus, last stop (e.g. train) | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 終始 | しゅうし | beginning and end | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 終日 | しゅうじつ | all day, for a whole day | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |