JLPT N3 · 5 strokes
Kanji 末: "end, close, tip"
The kanji 末 means "end, close, tip, powder, posterity". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read マツ, バツ in on'yomi and すえ, うら, うれ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マツバツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すえうらうれ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | end, close, tip, powder, posterity |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 456 of 2,501 |
Common words with 末
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 始末management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up · course of events; circumstances; particulars
- 結末end; conclusion
- 末end; tip; top · end (of the year, month, etc.); close
- 末にfinally; after; following · at the end (of)
- 週末weekend
- 末the end (of) · powder
- 端末terminal; computer terminal · information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.)
- 後始末settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath · cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
- 断末魔one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
- 粗末crude; rough; plain; humble · careless; disrespectful; without proper care
- 行く末one's future; one's fate; prospects; promise · one's way; one's path
- 末路last days; the end; one's fate
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