jǐn, jìn
finish, exhaust
Depicts a hand (又) using a brush to scrub dishes (皿) clean after one is finished eating.
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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)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 盡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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despite | ||
to use up | ||
as quickly as possible | ||
as much as possible | ||
to spare no effort |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
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