jǐn, jìn
utmost
Simplified form of 盡. Depicts a hand (又) using a brush to scrub dishes (皿) clean after one is finished eating. The simplified character 尽 was derived from the cursive form of 盡.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
jǐn
exhaust, use up; deplete
jìn
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
jǐn
utmost; to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
Most common words with 尽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
despite | ||
to use up | ||
as quickly as possible | ||
as much as possible | ||
to spare no effort |
Component uses
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