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末 — 5 strokes / Radical「木」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 5 strokes / Radical「木」
On
マツ・バツまつ・ばつ · matsu · batsu
Kun
すえsue
Meaning
end; tip; final part

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

An indicative character: a long stroke at the top of 木 (tree) marks the "tip / end" of the tree.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onマツまつmatsu末代まつだい本末ほんまつ粉末ふんまつ
Onバツばつbatsu末子ばっし末弟まってい

「末子」,「末弟」は,「マッシ」,「マッテイ」とも。

Kunすえsue末すえ末っ子すえっこ末頼もしいすえたのもしい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 週末しゅうまつ

    weekend

  • 年末ねんまつ

    year-end

More words with this kanji

  • 粉末ふんまつ
  • 巻末かんまつ
  • 末尾まつび
  • 端末たんまつ
  • 粗末そまつ
  • 末梢まっしょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

週末(しゅうまつ)に家族(かぞく)と出(で)かける。

On the weekend I go out with my family.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

年末週末末年year週week札tag未not ye…束bundle材materi…松pine…伐fell抜pull…抹erase沫foam茉used…
CompoundRadicalReading

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