終止符

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	止	符
しゅう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2	ふ Grade: S
kan'on	on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 終(しゅう)止(し) (shūshi, “stopping, termination”) + 符(ふ) (fu, “symbol, mark”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうしふ [shùúshíꜜfù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨːɕiɸɯ̟]

Noun

終(しゅう)止(し)符(ふ) • (shūshifu) ^{←しゆうしふ (syuusifu)^?}

a mark indicating the end of a sentence
終(しゅう)止(し)符(ふ)を打(う)つ ― shūshifu o utsu ― to bring to an end (literally, “to put a period”)

Hyponyms

句(く)点(てん) (kuten): the 。 mark used in Japanese and Chinese
ピリオド (piriodo): full stop

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
終	止	符

Noun

終止符 • (jongjibu) (hangeul 종지부)

hanja form^? of 종지부 (“period, full stop”)