終 means end
finish
The thread runs out and the flag drops: the end.
On'yomi
- シュウshuu
Kun'yomi
- おわ(る)owaru
- お(える)oeru
- ついtsui
- つい(に)tsuini
How it's built
- 糸thread
- 冬winter
Common words
- 終電しゅうでんlast train (of the day)
- 始終しじゅうcontinuously; from beginning to end
- 終始しゅうしbeginning and end
- 終うしまうto finish; to stop
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today