盡

See also: 尽 and 䀆

盡	U+76E1, 盡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76E1

← 盠
[U+76E0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

盢 →
[U+76E2]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

儘, 嬧, 嚍, 𩟝, 𪮺, 𬬗, 璶, 贐, 濜, 燼, 㯸, 藎, 𥵧, 壗, 𣃏, 𪟖, 𬠨

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

trad.		盡
simp.		尽^*
alternative forms		䀆

Glyph originEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

(Chengdu, SP): jin⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhin

(Meixian, Guangdong): qin⁴
Min Dong (BUC): cêng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chīn / chǐn

(Teochew, Peng'im): zing⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): xxin (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìn
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴
  - Yale: jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
  - Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jin⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon⁶
  - Yale: jeuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhin
  - Hakka Romanization System: qin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn
  - Tâi-lô: tsīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cin
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐn
  - Tâi-lô: tsǐn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zing⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xxin (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥ɪɲ²³/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ziɪn^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zin^X/
Li Rong	/d͡ziĕn^X/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsi[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*zlinʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盡
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jìn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzin^X ›
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/

DefinitionsEdit

盡

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
- 春蠶到死絲方盡，蠟炬成灰淚始乾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 9th century, Li Shangyin, 無題 (相見時難別亦難)
  Chūncán dào sǐ sī fāng jìn, làjù chéng huī lèi shǐ qián. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
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
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
to die
自盡／自尽 ― zìjìn ― to commit suicide
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.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 盡

DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (盡):

→ Vietnamese: tận (盡)

Etymology 2Edit

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, 盡, is a variant form of 儘.)

ReferencesEdit

“盡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai	尽
Kyūjitai	盡

KanjiEdit

盡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尽)

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ReadingsEdit

Go-on: じん (jin)
Kan-on: しん (shin)
Kun: つくす (tsukusu, 盡くす); つきる (tsukiru, 盡きる); つかす (tsukasu, 盡かす); ことごとく (kotogotoku, 盡く); さかづき (sakazuki)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

盡 • (jin) (hangeul 진)

exhaust, use up
deplete

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

盡: Hán Nôm readings: tận, hết

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ReferencesEdit

Nom Foundation