终
end; finish
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Dict coverage rank #906 U+7EC8
How 终 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 冬 (phonetic, dōng)
How to remember it
end · Heisig RSH #1086
thread + 冬 winter
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 冬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 冬 (dōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冬 sound component | dōng | winter, 11th lunar month |
| 疼 | téng | ache, pain; to love dearly |
| 咚 | dōng | onomatopoetic, a thumping sound |
| 螽 | zhōng | katydid |
| 佟 | tóng | surname |
| 氡 | dōng | radon |
Words containing 终
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可终日 | bù kě zhōng rì | to be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation |
| 终身大事 | zhōng shēn dà shì | major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) |
| 为德不终 | wéi dé bù zhōng | 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 | yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù | (idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelon… |
| 终南山 | Zhōng nán Shān | Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an; also known as the Taiyi Mountains |
| 情定终身 | qíng dìng zhōng shēn | (idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows |
| 不知所终 | bù zhī suǒ zhōng | (idiom) to vanish without a trace; to go missing |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn | to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom); to be sated with food and remain i… |
| 终点线 | zhōng diǎn xiàn | finishing line |
| 终其天年 | zhōng qí tiān nián | (idiom) to live out one's natural lifespan |
| 终产物 | zhōng chǎn wù | end product |
| 终身制 | zhōng shēn zhì | life tenure |
| 守一而终 | shǒu yī ér zhōng | to be faithful to one's mate all one's life |
| 从一而终 | cóng yī ér zhōng | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) |
| 终生 | zhōng shēng | throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong |
| 终天 | zhōng tiān | all day long; all one's life |
| 私定终身 | sī dìng zhōng shēn | to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval |
| 终日 | zhōng rì | all day long |
| 终南 | Zhōng nán | Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an |
| 终老 | zhōng lǎo | to spend one's last years |