Memory phrase for the Kanji: 尽

尽

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Meaning depleted, exhausted, use up, exert, run out of

Pronunciation

JIN
tsukiru/kusu

Explanation

Outside: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm), below: two 二

Mnemonic
 
Even two Shaku are eventually used up.

Radicals

尸 buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
尺 Shaku
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 Vocabulary

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 exhaust, to run out, to serve (a person)

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