The kanji 末: meaning, readings and stroke order
末
- Meaning
- end
- On reading
- マツ matsu、バツ batsu
- Kun reading
- すえ sue
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cuối, phần cuối (mạt)
- Japanese
- すえ。おわりの ほう。
- Korean
- 끝 (말)
- Chinese
- 末尾、最后
Readings, words and example sentences
マツ matsu · on reading
週末
weekend
週末に 家族で 出かけます。
On the weekend, my family goes out together.
バツ batsu · on reading · less common
末子
youngest child
わたしは 三人 兄弟の 末子です。
I am the youngest of three children.
すえ sue · kun reading
末
end (of a month or year)
三月の 末に 卒業します。
I graduate at the end of March.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.