Kanji Detail of 尽
尽
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| Strokes: | 6 |
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The kanji 尽 primarily conveys the idea of "to use up," "to exhaust," "to run out," "to finish," or "to do one's utmost." It implies a complete depletion or the ultimate extent of something, whether it be resources, effort, or time. It often suggests a sense of thoroughness or totality.
・On-yomi (音読み): ジン 尽 ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): つ尽く.す (tsu.kus (u)) - to exhaust, to use up, to do one's best; つ尽きる (tsu.kiru) - to run out, to be exhausted
⚫︎ 全尽力 (ぜんりょく) Translation: Utmost effort; all one's efforts; doing one's best. ⚫︎ 気尽き果てる (き尽きはてる) Translation: To be exhausted; to be worn out. ⚫︎ 時尽きる (とき尽きる) Translation: To be finished; to be over (time)
The kanji 尽 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The character combines the radical 尸 (しかばね, しかばら) which means "corpse", and the phonetic component 聿 (itsu), indicating its pronunciation and also with a meaning related to a brush. The original meaning was related to "to finish, end". Over time, it evolved to represent a broader sense of depletion or exhaustion.