終 End

Radical Combination

• 糸

  Thread
• 夂

  Winter
• 冫

  Ice

Meaning

Primary

End

Alternative

Finish

Mnemonic

The thread of winter and ice has brought this year to its end. Once you're in the long thread of winter and ice, you know the year will end soon.

Hints

Picture the season of winter as a long thread, embalmed in ice. At the end of it is the year’s end. The thread of winter and ice brings you closure, it marks the end.

Readings

On’yomi

しゅう

Kun’yomi

おわ, お

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Whenever winter ends, you take the thread covered in ice, and lace it into your shoe (しゅう).

Hints

This thread isn't just a metaphor, it's real! Feel the cold ice on it, as you lace it into your shoe. An age old tradition, the lacing of icy threads as winter ends. Your shoes will look so cool, or should I say… iced out.