The Chinese characters 末 meaning is tip; end.

Just as the root (本) of a tree (木) is emphasized by a horizontal stroke at its base, so the top of the tree (木) is indicated by a long horizontal line at the top: 末, suggesting the tip or end — its limit. In growing upright like the tree, man also has his limit for, as the proverb puts it, “There are more trees upright than upright men!”

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