終
シュウ・おわる・おえる
End, finish
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸
- 音読み
- シュウ
- 訓読み
- お.わる、お.える
Meaning
End, finish · terminar, acabar
Readings
- On (音読み): シュウ
- Kun (訓読み): お.わる・お.える
Example words
- 終わる（おわる）— to end (intr.)
- 終える（おえる）— to finish (tr.)
- 終電（しゅうでん）— last train
Structure
Radical 糸 (いと・いとへん · Thread) · 11 strokes · school grade 3
Watch out
終わる (intr., 授業が終わる) vs 終える (tr.); in speech 仕事を終わる is also heard. "Acabo de comer" is not 終わる but 食べたばかり / 食べたところ. Thread (糸) + winter (冬) = the end; 終電 (last train) is the word that ends a Tokyo night.
Common mistakes
- 終わる (intr., 授業が終わる) vs 終える (tr.); in speech 仕事を終わる is also heard. "Acabo de comer" is not 終わる but 食べたばかり / 食べたところ. Thread (糸) + winter (冬) = the end; 終電 (last train) is the word that ends a Tokyo night.
Examples
終わるおわる
to end (intr.)
終えるおえる
to finish (tr.)
終電しゅうでん
last train
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