Hanja Analyzer
終

終 — jong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마칠 종
Romanization
jong
English
end; finally, in the end
Mandarin
zhōng
Japanese on'yomi
シュウ
Japanese kun'yomi
お.わる -お.わる おわ.る お.える つい つい.に
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#256 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
糸 (120, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
冬
Unicode
U+7D42

Parts that make up 終

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 冬 겨울 동sound 매미 더듬이로 보나 분명치 않다겨울. ‘동’ 계열의 소리

How 終 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 終 as a phonetic compound involving 糸, 冬.

Korean example words with 終

  • 최종最終 Korean gloss: 맨 나중
  • 무종無終 Korean gloss: 끝이 없음
  • 망종亡終 Korean gloss: 일의 마지막
  • 종국終局 Korean gloss: 일의 마지막
  • 월종月終 Korean gloss: 그달의 끝 무렵
  • 종단終端 Korean gloss: 맨 끝. 또는 맨 마지막
  • 종생終生 Korean gloss: 목숨이 다할 때까지의 동안
  • 종말終末 Korean gloss: 계속된 일이나 현상의 맨 끝
  • 내종乃終 Korean gloss: 다른 일을 먼저 한 뒤의 차례
  • 종전終戰 Korean gloss: 전쟁이 끝남. 또는 전쟁을 끝냄
  • 종장終場 Korean gloss: 시가, 소설, 연극 따위의 끝나는 부분
  • 종무終務 Korean gloss: 관공서나 회사 따위에서 연말에 근무를 끝냄

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 終

  • 最終さいしゅう last; final; closing
  • 終結しゅうけつ end; close
  • 最終的さいしゅうてき final; eventual; ultimate
  • 終値おわりね closing price
  • 終了後しゅうりょうご after the end (of something)
  • 終戦しゅうせん end of war; cessation of hostilities
  • 終了しゅうりょう end; close; conclusion
  • 終わりおわり end; ending; close
  • 終日しゅうじつ all day; for a whole day
  • 終盤しゅうばん endgame; final stage
  • 終えるおえる to finish; to get through with; to complete
  • 終始しゅうし beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

Characters sharing the phonetic 冬

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “종”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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