末 (close, end, posterity, powder, tip) - Kanji Codex

末

close, end, posterity, powder, tip

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

バツマツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

うらうれすえ

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:5

JLPT:3

Frequency:456

Vocabulary

バツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
末路	バツロ	last days; the end; one's fate
末裔	バツエイ	descendant
末男	バツナン	youngest son
末僚	バツリョウ	low-ranking official
末葉	バツヨウ	end (of an era, century); close; descendant

マツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
巻末	カンマツ	end of a book
期末	キマツ	end of term
結末	ケツマツ	end; conclusion
月末	ゲツマツ	end of the month
歳末	サイマツ	year end

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
月末	つきずえ	end of the month
後始末	あとしまつ	settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath; cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
末	すえ	end; tip; top; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring; posterity; future; (finally) after; (at last) after; at the end of; trifles; trivialities; degenerate age
末	まつ	the end (of); powder
末広	すえひろ	spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan

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