シ, いた.る, のぶ, のり, みち, よし

climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in

JLPT1 G6 S6 F996

The relevant oracle bone form of this character depicts # arrow arriving at a target, its *stopping point* → *arrive*; *reach*; *lead to*; *proceed*; *come*; *extend to* → *come to do*; *bring about*; *result in*. In derivative characters such as , , 銍 and , suggests specifically the stopping point of a life.

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