# 終 — End

Frequency rank 275 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 可 (Possible), less common than 伝 (Transmit).

- On’yomi: しゅう
- Kun’yomi: お
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Winter freezes the pot solid and the cocoon pays out its last inch of thread before the twist at its top splits.

In words:

- 終る おわる — to finish
- 終わり おわり — the end
- 終 おわり — the end

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