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終了

しゅうりょう

end, expiry

Mnemonic

Ended and finished, both halves of it, which is how you announce a thing rather than how you say it. Ryo りょう from 了解, saying it is over. Five past seven: しゅうりょう.

Worth knowing

終わり おわり is the end as a noun in speech. 終了 is the formal one, on signs and announcements.

Built from

end, finish
糸 thread + 冬 winter
finish, complete
One stroke with a hook on the end of it, the shape of a thing closed off. Done, with nothing left hanging.

Words sharing these kanji

to finish, to end end to end, to finish consent, understanding, roger that

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