settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish, come to an end
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
ここに来る前はいつもそうだよ。買い物を済ませに行こう。
Koko ni kuru mae wa itsumo sou da yo. Kaimono wo sumase ni ikou.
That's normal before it gets here. Let's go get our shopping done.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0