Kanji N3

末: end, close, tip

末 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning end, close, tip, written with 5 strokes. It is read マツ, バツ (on) and すえ, うら, うれ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 末 (すえ, end) and 粗末 (そまつ, crude).

末

Meanings

  • end
  • close
  • tip
  • powder
  • posterity
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#456 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • マツ
  • バツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • すえ
  • うら
  • うれ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 末

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 末すえ

    end; tip; top

    JLPT N3
  • 粗末そまつ

    crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby

    JLPT N3
  • 末期まっき

    last years; closing years; last days

    JLPT N1
  • 月末げつまつ

    end of the month

    JLPT N2
  • 始末しまつ

    management; dealing with; settlement

    JLPT N1
  • 期末きまつ

    end of term

    JLPT N1
  • 粉末ふんまつ

    fine powder

    JLPT N1
  • 末っ子すえっこ

    youngest child

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.