Chinese Character Wiki
末

mò

end

Similar to 木 (tree), with an extra line at the top. Depicts the top end of a tree.

Evolution

末 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
末 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
末 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
末 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

末  

mò

final, last, end; insignificant; tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man

Most common words with 末
Freq.
Word
Meaning

末

tip

周末

weekend

末日

end

粉末

dust

芥末

mustard

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

袜 抹 沫 茉 秣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤat

mat

mò

end of a branch


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 33.5095% of movies

1128th most common character in movies

1164th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+672B

Shuowen

“末，木上曰末。从木，一在其上。”


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