终
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end; finish
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 糸 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 終
- Common rank
- #906
- Unicode
- U+7EC8
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
end · Heisig RSH #1086
thread + 冬 winter
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 终
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可终日 | to be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation | |
| 终身大事 | major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) | |
| 为德不终 | to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking … | |
| 一日为师，终身为父 | (idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelon… | |
| 终南山 | Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an; also known as the Taiyi Mountains | |
| 情定终身 | (idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows | |
| 不知所终 | (idiom) to vanish without a trace; to go missing | |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom); to be sated with food and remain i… | |
| 终点线 | finishing line | |
| 终其天年 | (idiom) to live out one's natural lifespan | |
| 终产物 | end product | |
| 终身制 | life tenure | |
| 守一而终 | to be faithful to one's mate all one's life | |
| 从一而终 | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) | |
| 终生 | throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong | |
| 终天 | all day long; all one's life | |
| 私定终身 | to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval | |
| 终日 | all day long | |
| 终南 | Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an | |
| 终老 | to spend one's last years |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 冬 — compare how they read.