末

mò

tip

end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man

tree (木) + mark at top (一) = the tip or end

The line sits at the top of the tree, marking the very tip where growth ends. This is the opposite of 本 (root), where the line sits near the bottom.

木+一→末
一A single mark indicating a specific pointSemantic
木TreeSemantic

他把药片研成细末,加入水中。

tā bǎ yào piàn yán chéng xì mò , jiā rù shuǐ zhōng 。

he ground the tablet into fine powder and added it to water.

这件事的本末你都清楚吗?

zhè jiàn shì de běn mò nǐ dōu qīng chǔ ma ?

do you understand the whole story of this matter, from beginning to end?

Words with 末

芥末

jiè mo

mustard

明末清初

míng mò qīng chū

late Ming and early Qing

本末倒置

běn mò dào zhì

lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect

末代皇帝

mò dài huáng dì

The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] by Bernardo Bertolucci

末路

mò lù

dead end; impasse

末造

mò zào

final phase

末页

mò yè

last page

这末

zhè me

variant of 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5]

周末

zhōu mò

weekend

周末愉快

zhōu mò yú kuài

have a nice weekend!

那末

nà me

variant of 那麼|那么[na4 me5]

锯末

jù mò

sawdust

More characters with 木

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