Kanji 尽: "exhaust, use up, run out of"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 尽

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 尽つくすto use up; to exhaust; to run out of · to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause)
• 尽つきるto be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed
• 理り不ふ尽じんunreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
• 立たち尽つくすto keep standing; to stand motionless
• 埋うめ尽つくすto fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to cram · to tessellate
• 尽じん力りょくefforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance
• 力ちから尽つきるto use up all one's strength · to die
• 焼やき尽つくすto burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground
• 全ぜん力りょくを尽つくすto do one's best; to put forth every effort
• 燃もえ尽つきるto burn out
• 覆おおい尽つくすto cover fully; to wrap around
• 縦じゅう横おう無む尽じんfreely; right and left; as one pleases

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