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盡

jǐn, jìn

finish, exhaust

Depicts a hand (又) using a brush to scrub dishes (皿) clean after one is finished eating.

Components
又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand cleaning dishes.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a brush used to clean dishes.

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Depicts a dish for holding food.

Evolution

盡 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
盡 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
盡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盡 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尽 (盡) 

jǐn

exhaust, use up; deplete

尽 (盡) 

jìn

to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely

Most common words with 盡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尽管

despite

尽

to use up

尽快

as quickly as possible

尽量

as much as possible

尽力

to spare no effort

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

燼

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

儘 燼

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsi[n]ʔ

tsinX

jǐn

exhaust (v.)

*m-tsi[n]ʔ

dzinX

jìn

exhaust (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 80.6183% of movies

448th most common character in movies

488th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

尽

Unicode

U+76E1

Shuowen

“盡，器中空也。从皿，聲。”


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