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On'yomi
マツ・バツ
MATSU / BATSU
Kun'yomi
すえ・うら・うれ
sue / ura / ure
end · close · tip · powder · posterity
Details
Strokes5
Frequency#456
Radical木tree(4)
Stroke Order
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Strokes5
Cultural Context
Etymology
Shape of tree with one on top. End.
Symbolism
End, tip, weekend. Represents end.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
枝葉末節
しようまっせつ
unimportant details; inessentials; unimportant details
末法思想
まっぽうしそう
pessimism due to decadent-age theory; pessimism due to decadent-age theory
本末転倒
ほんまつてんとう
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards; putting the cart before the horse
万劫末代
まんごうまつだい
eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; eternity
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
契りきな かたみに袖を しぼりつつ 末の松山 波越さじとは
Poem #42 from Hyakunin Isshu
清原元輔Kiyohara no Motosuke
10th century和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
忘れじの 行く末までは かたければ 今日をかぎりの 命ともがな
Poem #54 from Hyakunin Isshu
儀同三司母Gidō Sanshi no Haha
10th century和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
瀬をはやみ 岩にせかるる 滝川の われても末に あはむとぞ思ふ
Poem #77 from Hyakunin Isshu
崇徳院崇徳院
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