末

end; close; tip; powder; posterity

5 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 456.

Readings

• マツ (on reading): 週末 (しゅうまつ) weekend; 末 (まつ) the end (of)
• すえ (kun reading): 末 (すえ) end; 末っ子 (すえっこ) youngest child
• バツ (on reading): 末子 (ばっし) youngest child; 末弟 (ばってい) youngest brother
• うら (kun reading): 末 (うら) top end; 末枯れ (うらがれ) dying of the little twigs and branches
• うれ (kun reading): 末 (うれ) new shoots; 木の末 (このうれ) treetop
• Read as a whole word: 木末 (こぬれ) twigs

Components

• 木
• 一 radical one
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• ハ radical eight, katakana ha
• 亠 radical lid
• 木 radical tree

Kanji containing 末

• 抹 rub
• 沫 splash
• 茉 jasmine
• 秣 fodder
• 靺 leather tabi

Words using 末

• 週末 (しゅうまつ) weekend
• 末 (まつ) the end (of)
• 末期 (まっき) last years
• 端末 (たんまつ) terminal
• 年末 (ねんまつ) end-of-year
• 末 (すえ) end
• 末っ子 (すえっこ) youngest child
• 末吉 (すえきち) good luck to come (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result)
• 末娘 (すえむすめ) youngest daughter
• 行く末 (ゆくすえ) one's future
• 末子 (ばっし) youngest child
• 末弟 (ばってい) youngest brother
• 末流 (ばつりゅう) descendants
• 末僚 (ばつりょう) low-ranking official
• 末造 (ばつぞう) degenerate age
• 末 (うら) top end
• 末枯れ (うらがれ) dying of the little twigs and branches
• 末枯れる (うらがれる) to die (esp. foliage as winter approaches)
• 本木にまさる末木なし (もときにまさるうらきなし) of soup and love, the first is the best
• 末木 (うらき) treetop
• 末 (うれ) new shoots
• 木の末 (このうれ) treetop
• 木末 (こぬれ) twigs
• 末那識 (まなしき) manas-vijnana (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self)
• 末那 (まな) manas (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self)

245 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists