终 zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
终止
zhōngzhǐ
to stop; to end
Characters in this word
止 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 合同终止了。 Hétong zhōngzhǐ le. The contract has ended.
- 服务今天终止。 Fúwù jīntiān zhōngzhǐ. The service ends today.
- 比赛终止了。 Bǐsài zhōngzhǐ le. The match was stopped.