Memory phrase for the Kanji: 終


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Meaning finish

Pronunciation

SHŪ
owaru

Explanation

Left: thread 糸 (here: thread of life), right: winter 冬 (With twisted feet 夂 (or sitting cross-legged) on the ice: it's winter.)

Mnemonic


 
The thread of life finds in winter its end.

Radicals

thread
crossed legsThis radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot.
ice, freezeThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
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 Vocabulary

終わる おわる  to finish, to close
終戦 しゅうせん  end of war
終える おえる  to finish
終わり おわり  the end
終始 しゅうし  from beginning to end, consistent(ly)
始終 しじゅう  continuously, from beginning to end
最終 さいしゅう  last, final, closing
終了 しゅうりょう  end, close, termination
終日 しゅうじつ  all day


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