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盡

See also: 尽 and 䀆
盡 U+76E1, 盡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76E1
← 盠
[U+76E0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 盢 →
[U+76E2]

Translingual

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Han character

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盡 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中一火月廿 (LMFBT), four-corner 50107, composition ⿱𭴘皿)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 795, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23029
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1210, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2567, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+76E1

Chinese

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trad. 盡
simp. 尽*
alternative forms 䀆
𥁞

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 盡
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (盡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
濜 *ʔslin, *zlinʔ, *ljins, *zrinʔ
盡 *ʔslinʔ, *zlinʔ
賮 *ljins
燼 *ljins
藎 *ljins
壗 *ljins
璶 *ljins

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 聿 (“hand holding a brush”) + 灬 (“bristles”) + 皿 (“dish”) – cleaning a dish with a brush – empty.

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzin (“to exhaust; to come to an end”). Cognate with Tibetan ཟིན (zin, “to be finished; to draw near an end”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 盡
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 慈忍切
Baxter dzinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ziɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zinX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zinX/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziĕnX/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭĕnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zan6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 盡
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzinX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-tsi[n]ʔ/
English exhaust (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 盡
Reading # 2/2
No. 6758
Phonetic
component 		盡
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		盡
Old
Chinese 		/*zlinʔ/

Definitions

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盡

  1. to end; to finish; to be exhausted
    取之不盡／取之不尽  ―  qǔzhībùjìn  ―  to be inexhaustible
    想盡辦法／想尽办法  ―  xiǎng jìn bànfǎ  ―  to come up with every possible solution
  2. to reach the end
    盡頭／尽头  ―  jìntóu  ―  the end
    山窮水盡／山穷水尽  ―  shānqióngshuǐjìn  ―  having no more options; at the end of one's rope
    盡善盡美／尽善尽美  ―  jìnshànjìnměi  ―  perfect; flawless
  3. to exhaust; to use to the fullest extent
    盡最大的努力／尽最大的努力  ―  jìn zuìdà de nǔlì  ―  to exert one's utmost effort
    盡心竭力／尽心竭力  ―  jìnxīnjiélì  ―  to do something with all one's heart and all one's might
  4. to die
    自盡／自尽  ―  zìjìn  ―  to commit suicide
  5. all; completely; entirely
    他說的話不可盡信。 [MSC, trad.]
    他说的话不可尽信。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shuō de huà bùkě jìn xìn. [Pinyin]
    You cannot believe everything he said.

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (盡):
  • → Vietnamese: tận (盡)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 盡 – see 儘 (“utmost; extreme; furthest; to do one's utmost; to do all one can; to do one's best; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 儘).

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

尽

Kyūjitai

盡

Kanji

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盡

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尽)

  1. exhaust, use up

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Hanja

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盡 • (jin) (hangeul 진)

  1. exhaust, use up
  2. deplete

Vietnamese

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Han character

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盡: Hán Nôm readings: tận, hết

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