end, finish
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.
みんな注目！終電は二十三時四十分発だ。
Minna chuumoku! Shuuden wa nijuusan-ji yonjuppun hatsu da.
Attention, everyone! The last train leaves at twenty-three forty.
なんとか、ルーカスは無事に終わらせることができました。
Nantoka, Rūkasu wa buji ni owaraseru koto ga dekimashita.
Somehow, he managed to finish.
最終的に決める前に、ちょっと外で確認してくるね。
Saishuuteki ni kimeru mae ni, chotto soto de kakunin shite kuru ne.
Before we decide for good, let me go check something outside.
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