The kanji 済: meaning, readings and stroke order
済
- Meaning
- finish, be done
- On reading
- サイ sai
- Kun reading
- す(む) sumu、す(ます) sumasu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 濟
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- xong, kết thúc (tế)
- Japanese
- すむ。おわる。
- Korean
- 끝나다, 마치다 (제)
- Chinese
- 完成、结束 (济)
Readings, words and example sentences
サイ sai · on reading
経済
economy
新聞の 経済の 記事を 読みます。
I read the articles about the economy in the newspaper.
す(む) sumu · kun reading
済む
to be finished
宿題が やっと 済みました。
I finally finished my homework.
す(ます) sumasu · kun reading · less common
済ます
to finish, to get (something) done
先に 宿題を 済まして から 遊びます。
I finish my homework first, and then I play.
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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.