~済

~ずみ · ~zumi · JLPT N2 · noun

finished

🏁 ~済 zumi sounds like sum: the sum is done, so it's finished

From 済む sumu, to be settled or to end. Stuck onto a noun, it marks the job as done: 確認済 kakuninzumi means already checked, and 支払済 shiharaizumi means already paid. The kanji is 氵 water + 斉, and its old meaning is getting across a river.

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