終了

しゅうりょう · shuuryou · JLPT N2 · noun

end

🏁 終 = end + 了 = finished: two done-words combine to mean the end

了 — pictograph of swaddled child with no arms
了 originally depicted an infant wrapped in swaddling cloth, with the arms hidden or bound — a variant of 子 (child) without the arms. From 'finished wrapping' it extended to mean 'completed' or 'finished,' which is its main modern grammatical use as an aspect particle marking completed action.

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