末
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tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 木 +1
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 末
- Common rank
- #954
- Unicode
- U+672B
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Formation & memory
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Words with 末
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战国末年 | late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty | |
| 战国末 | late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty | |
| 南方周末 | Southern Weekend (newspaper) | |
| 世界末日 | end of the world | |
| 末日论 | eschatology | |
| 末子 | powder; dust | |
| 末儿 | powder; puree | |
| 细微末节 | tiny insignificant details; niceties | |
| 末班车 | last bus or train; last chance | |
| 末车 | the last bus (or train) | |
| 茶叶末儿 | tea leaves powder | |
| 末日 | Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology) | |
| 末日 | last day; end; final days; doomsday | |
| 世纪末年 | final years of the century | |
| 清末民初 | late Qing and early Republican China | |
| 明末 | late Ming; first half of the 17th century | |
| 末流 | late degenerate stage | |
| 末后 | finally | |
| 末路 | dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days | |
| 本末 | the whole course of an event from beginning to end; ins and outs; the fundamental and the … |
Sound family
These characters use 末 as their sound component — compare how they read.