〆

Glyph origin
. From, as cursive form of top component ト (also 〆). Then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation, namely 締め, 閉め, 絞め, and 搾め, all pronounced しめ shime. Sense of “closed, fastened” is due to and.

Kanji

 * 1) "letter closed" character (from 閉める, close)
 * 2) sum (from 〆高, 締高, sum)
 * 3) measurement of paper
 * 4) bundle (from 締める, fasten)

Usage notes
is primarily used as an abbreviation for, most commonly in , as an abbreviation for ; also as  and  as. It is also sometimes used for. Even more rarely, it is used to abbreviate other kanji, including, , and , as in for ) There is also occasional use of , as in.