末

Today’s #kanji is #末, which is a logogram consisting of 木 (a tree) and a line in the upper part, suggesting an upper part of a tree.

Meaning: the end, a tip, peripheral
Reading: マツ（マッ）、バツ（バッ）、すえ（ずえ）

末期（マッキ）: [noun] the last period, the last stage
ガンの末期 the terminal stages of cancer
末日（マツジツ）: [noun] the last day
三月末日（サンガツマツジツ） the last day of March
末世（マッセ、マツセ）: [noun] a degenerate age, a corrupt age
末席（マッセキ/バッセキ）: [noun] the lowest seat, the seat farthest from the front
末端（マッタン）: [noun] the (tail) end, the termination (of a pillar)
末尾（マツビ）: [noun] the end, the close, the tail
末尾２ふたケタの数字スウジ: the final 2 digits
月末（ゲツマツ/つきずえ）: the end of the month
三月末（サンガツマツ）: the end of March
～を始末（シマツ）する: [vt] to manage, to deal with …, to dispose of…, to attend to …

末（すえ）: [noun] the end, the close; the future; a descendant
末（すえ）っ子（こ）: [noun] the youngest in a/the family, the youngest child

Don’t confuse 末 with 未. The length of a line makes a rather big difference in Kanji.