终 — end; finish
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 终: 8 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 终 in the HSK syllabus: 13
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 终于zhōngyúat last; in the end; finally; eventuallyHSK 3
- 最终zuìzhōngfinal; ultimateHSK 4
- 始终shǐzhōngfrom beginning to end; all alongHSK 5
- 年终niánzhōngend of the yearHSK 6
- 终点zhōngdiǎnthe end; end point; finishing line; destinationHSK 6
- 终身zhōngshēnlifelong; all one's life; marriageHSK 6
- 终端zhōngduānend; terminalHSK 7–9
- 终极zhōngjíultimate; finalHSK 7–9
- 终结zhōngjiéend; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminateHSK 7–9
- 终究zhōngjiūin the end; after all; eventuallyHSK 7–9
- 终生zhōngshēngthroughout one's life; lifetime; lifelongHSK 7–9
- 终止zhōngzhǐto stop; to terminateHSK 7–9
- 自始至终zìshǐ-zhìzhōngfrom start to finishHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.