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Kanji Detail for 尽 - "to exhaust, to end"

尽

  • Meaning

    尽 means "to exhaust, to end." Also associated with all.

    1. To exhaust - To use up completely; to spend entirely; to be completely depleted.

    2. To end - To finish.

    3. All - Everything; completely; entirely.

  • Words using 尽

    • 理不尽 りふじん Listen unreasonable; irrational; outrageous
    • 尽くす つくす Listen to use up; to exhaust; to run out of

  • Four-character idioms with 尽

    • 縦横無尽 じゅうおうむじん Listen freely; right and left; as one pleases
    • 一網打尽 いちもうだじん Listen round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
    • 尽忠報国 じんちゅうほうこく Listen loyalty and patriotism

  • Tattoo check: 尽

    • Verified meaning: to exhaust, to end
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じん)
    • Also carries these associations: all

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 尽

    Given names 尽(じん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    exhaust; use up; run out of; deplete; befriend; serve

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    exhaust, use up; deplete

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to exhaust, to use up, to deplete

  • Onyomi

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    jin(ジン) ジン

    san(サン) サン

  • Kunyomi

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    du.ku(でゅ-く) でゅ-く

    kotogotoku(ことごと-く) ことごと-く

    tsu.kasu(つ-かす) つ-かす

    tsu.kiru(つ-きる) つ-きる

    tsuku.su(つ-くす) つ-くす

    zu.ku(ずく) ずく

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to exhaust to use up to devote deplete consume drain expend run out complete finish serve dedicate end

Sentences including 尽

  • I tried my best , only to fail again.

  • I will do my best to finish it.

  • He would do his best.

  • I'll do my best on the test.

  • It is important for them to do their best.

  • I have done everything i could do.

  • I will do my best in everything.

  • He did his best , but failed.

  • One must do one's best.

  • Do your best , and you will succeed.

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