尽 (jìn): meaning and stroke order
尽 (jìn) means to use up, to exhaust, to end, to finish, to the utmost, exhausted, finished.
尽
- Simplified
- 尽
- Traditional
- 盡, 儘
- Pinyin
- jìn · jǐn
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Stroke order of 尽
尽
- jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
- jìn to use up; to exhaust
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 儘
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Meaning of 尽
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jìn
Traditional 盡
- to use up
- to exhaust
- to end
- to finish
- to the utmost
- exhausted
- finished
- to the limit (of sth)
- all
- entirely
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jǐn
Traditional 儘
- to the greatest extent
- (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
- to be within the limits of
- to give priority to
Radical and structure
- 尽
- Radical 尸 (Kangxi radical 44) · 6 strokes
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Words with 尽
- 尽管 jǐn guǎn despite; although
- 用尽 yòng jìn to exhaust; to use up completely
- 尽头 jìn tóu end; extremity; limit
- 精疲力尽 jīng pí lì jìn spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained
- 尽快 jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible
- 尽量 jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent
- 尽力 jìn lì to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain
尽 in our stories
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柳树的树洞里藏着一片衣襟，上面写着血字：“割肉奉君尽丹心，但愿主公常清明。”
liǔshù de shùdòng lǐ cáng zhe yí piàn yījīn shàngmiàn xiě zhe xuèzì gē ròu fèng jūn jìn dānxīn dànyuàn zhǔgōng cháng qīngmíng
In a hollow of the willow was a strip of his robe, written in blood: "I cut my flesh to serve my lord with a loyal heart; I only wish my lord to stay ever clear and just."
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 尽
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).