# 末 the tip

木 (tree) + 一 (one/line radical)
★★★☆☆
5 strokes

## Onyomi

MATSU | I got your MA TO press up on my tip.

## Mnemonic

| tree (木) plus one extra LONG branch. - LONG because it stretches ALL THE WAY TO THE TIP.

## Kunyomi

すえ | ｔｈｅ　end of something- end of the month, the end of a story ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

週末(しゅうまつ) | the weekend ★★★★☆ 週 (week) + 末 (the tip) = 週末 (the weekend)
年末(ねんまつ) | end of the year ★★☆☆☆ 年 (year) + 末 (the tip) = 年末 (end of the year)
月末(げつまつ) | end of the month ★★☆☆☆ 月 (moon) + 末 (the tip) = 月末 (end of the month)
結末(けつまつ) | conclusion ☆☆☆☆☆ 結 (bind) + 末 (the tip) = 結末 (conclusion) the conclusion of something - the last chapter of a book or the last scene of a movie.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
未 | not yet | TOP BRANCH SHORTER |
夫 | husband | NO PENIS |
末 | the tip | TOP BRANCH LONGER |

The MADA tree, the top branch has not yet fully grown, that's why it is shorter than the middle one.

The SUE tree, however, the top branch has grown all the way to the tip, which is why it's LONGER than the middle one!

Unlike the trees,the husband has NOTHING BETWEEN HIS LEGS, so that's how you can remember him. (FYI they say his wife cut his pecker off . . .after catching him fucking the tree) (birch!)

## Synonyms

border, edge 国境 境 境界 縁 端 末 先 外れ 際
finish 済ませる 完成 完了 終了　 結末 終わり 完全