ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
終 means end
糸 thread · 冬 winter
終Memory trick
The thread (糸) runs out in winter (冬), at the end of the year: to end.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- end, finish
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) おわる owaru
おわる (owaru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: おえる oeru, つい tsui, ついに tsuini
From Chinese (onyomi) シュウ shuu
シュウ (shuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
終わる おわる · owaru
to end, to come to an end
Built from
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
糸 Used in 69 kanji
幺 Used in 88 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4小 Used in 128 kanji
See all 6 at N5 and N4夂 Used in 47 kanji
See all 4 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 終 mean?
Right: 終 means end.Not quite: 終 means end.In 終わる, which reading does 終 use?
Right. 終わる is read おわる (owaru): 終 takes お, its Japanese reading, with わる after it.Not quite. 終わる is read おわる (owaru): 終 takes お, its Japanese reading, with わる after it.