终

終
zhōng
#558 most
frequent character
end, finish

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

终 joins 纟 silk threads with 冬 dōng, which means “end” and also sounds like zhōng. It first meant pulling silk thread ends tight. From there it grew to end or finish, finally, and death.

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Homophones

中zhōng
middle, in
忠zhōng
loyal, devoted, faithful

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