音読み: ジン
訓読み: つくす・つきる・つかす
画数: 6
部首: 尸（しかばねだれ）
Meaning
Exhaust / Use Up / Run Out / Serve Fully.
- 尽くす — to exhaust; to serve fully
- 尽きる — to run out; to be used up
- 尽かす — to exhaust; to use up
- 尽力 — making every effort
- 無尽蔵 — inexhaustible; endless
- 一網打尽 — roundup; sweeping arrest
尽 originally shows a container being emptied out. From this image comes the meaning “to use up,” “to run out,” or “to exhaust completely.”
Think of 尽 and 空 together. Both carry the sense of “nothing left.” 尽 means using up until nothing remains, while 空 shows emptiness after things are gone.
Forms
尽力 — making every effort