しゅ

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. end (of life), death, demise.
  2. (peacefully) spending one's final years.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゅ
終焉 しゅうえん
しゅ
 
 
終えん しゅうえん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

end, finish
お.わる シュウ おわ.る (3rd, N4)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
winter
ふゆ トウ (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
how, why, then
エン いずく.んぞ ここに (Kentei 1)
correct, justice, righteous
セイ ショウ ただし (1st, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ