The kanji 尽: meaning, readings and stroke order
尽
- Meaning
- use up, run out
- On reading
- ジン jin
- Kun reading
- つ(くす) tsukusu、つ(きる) tsukiru、つ(かす) tsukasu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 尸 corpse
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 盡
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- dốc hết, cạn (tận)
- Japanese
- つくす。なくなる。
- Korean
- 다하다, 다 떨어지다 (진)
- Chinese
- 竭尽、用尽
Readings, words and example sentences
ジン jin · on reading · less common
無尽蔵
endless, never running out
無尽蔵に ある わけでは ありません。
It is not as if there is an endless supply.
つ(くす) tsukusu · kun reading
尽くす
to do all you can, to use up
さいごまで 力を 尽くします。
I do my very best until the end.
つ(きる) tsukiru · kun reading · less common
尽きる
to run out
食料が 尽きました。
We ran out of food.
つ(かす) tsukasu · kun reading · less common
尽かす
to lose all patience (with someone)
あいそを 尽かします。
I am completely fed up with them.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.