Kanji N1

尽: exhaust, use up, run out of

尽 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning exhaust, use up, run out of, written with 6 strokes. It is read ジン, サン (on) and つきる, つくす, つかす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 尽くす (つくす, to use up) and 尽きる (つきる, to be used up).

尽

Meanings

  • exhaust
  • use up
  • run out of
  • deplete
  • befriend
  • serve
Strokes6
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1234 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジン
  • サン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つきる
  • つくす
  • つかす
  • -づく
  • -ずく
  • ことごとく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 尽

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 尽くすつくす

    to use up; to exhaust; to run out of

    JLPT N1
  • 尽きるつきる

    to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted

    JLPT N1
  • 尽力じんりょく

    efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance

  • 理不尽りふじん

    unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

  • 無尽蔵むじんぞう

    inexhaustible supply

  • 出尽くすでつくす

    to come out completely

  • 縦横無尽じゅうおうむじん

    freely; right and left; as one pleases

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