The kanji 終: meaning, readings and stroke order

終

Meaning: end, finish
On reading: シュウ shuu
Kun reading: お（わる） owaru、お（える） oeru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kết thúc, xong (chung)
Japanese: おわる。おしまい。
Korean: 끝나다, 끝 (종)
Chinese: 结束、完了 (终)

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading

終しゅう点てん
last stop
バスの 終しゅう点てんで下ります。
I get off the bus at the last stop.

お（わる） owaru · kun reading

終おわる
to end
三時に会が 終おわります。
The meeting ends at three.

お（える） oeru · kun reading

終おえる
to finish
仕事を 終おえて 家に帰ります。
When I finish work, I go home.

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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.