This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: マツ、バツ、すえ
Romaji: matsu, batsu, sue
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

end, close, tip, powder, posterity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  456
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  4-5-3
Korean Reading:  mal
Chinese Reading:  mo4
Unicode:  672b
JIS:  4B76

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3505
Nelson Index: 177
New Nelson Index: 2534
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.26
Four Corner Index: 5090.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 587
Gakken Index: 528
Japanese Names Index: 211
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14420
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0021
Remembering the kanji Index: 217
Busy People Index: 2.16
Kanji Flashcards Index: 616
Kodansha Compact Index: 1047
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 615
Kanji in Context Index: 584
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2184
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2940
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 222
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 230
Essential Kanji Index: 565
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4317
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1464
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 515
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 457

Words

(すえ)
tip; top; end; close (e.g. close of the month); youngest child; descendants; offspring; posterity; future; finally; trivialities
(うれ)
new shoots; new growth (of a tree)
末期 (まつご)
deathbed; hour of death
端末 (たんまつ)
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
幕末 (ばくまつ)
closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era
(まつ)
the end of; powder
(うら)
top end; tip
末期 (まっき)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.); terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
月末 (げつまつ、つきずえ)
end of the month
週末 (しゅうまつ)
weekend
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