終 – end, finish

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The kanji 終 means end, finish. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.わる、-お.わる、おわ.る、お.える、つい、つい.に (owaru, owaru, owaru, oeru, tsui, tsuini). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	お.わる	owaru
Kun’yomi	-お.わる	owaru
Kun’yomi	おわ.る	owaru
Kun’yomi	お.える	oeru
Kun’yomi	つい	tsui
Kun’yomi	つい.に	tsuini

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・夂.

Words using 終

終るおわるto end終わりおわりend最終さいしゅうlast終えるおえるto finish始終しじゅうcontinuously終点しゅうてんterminus終了しゅうりょうend終始しゅうしbeginning and end終日しゅうじつall day

Example sentences

野球の試合は引き分けに終わった。

The baseball game ended in a draw.

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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.

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彼は食べ終わるとすぐに、再び歩き始めた。

As soon as he finished eating, he began to walk again.

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Kanji with the same radical

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