Kanji Detail for 竭 - "exhaust, expend, dry up, completely"

竭

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
竭 means "exhaust, expend, dry up, completely."
1. Exhaust - To be depleted; to run out.
2. Expend - To use up; to exert all effort.
3. Dry up - For water to disappear.
4. Completely - Entirely; all.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

end; exhaust

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

put forth great effort; exhaust

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to exhaust

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to exhaust; to put forth great effort

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To exhaust. 竭忠盡歡. Means demanding too much from others. The phrase originates from (Record of Rites).
Onyomi

ketsu(ケツ)
Kunyomi

tsuku.su(つ-くす)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

立 (tatsu・tatsuhen)
Related Keywords
exhaust depleted run expend use exert effort dry water disappear completely entirely