终于 (zhōng yú)

Character breakdown

• 终 (zhōng) · 8 strokes

  Simplified form of 終. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 冬 represents the sound.

• 于 (Yú) · 3 strokes

  Pictograph of a musical wind instrument with a reed, which is now written as 竽. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.