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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1234 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

Kunyomi: つ.きる, つ.くす, つ.かす, -づ.く, -ず.く, ことごと.く

Onyomi: ジン, サン

Composition: 尺 冫

尽

Radical

Radical: 尸

Meaning: corpse

Reading: しかばね

Frequency: 148

尸

Examples

Onyomi Examples

尽 (ジン) last day (of the month)

尽力 (ジンリョク) efforts, exertion, endeavour, assistance, services

理不尽 (リフジン) unreasonable, irrational, outrageous, absurd

縦横無尽 (ジュウオウムジン) freely, right and left, as one pleases

Kunyomi Examples

尽きる (つきる) to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to come to an end

尽くす (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), to do to exhaustion, to do completely, to do fully

尽かす (つかす) to use completely, to use up, to exhaust, to exhaust someone's civility, to give up (on someone)

悉く (ことごとく) altogether, entirely

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