Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 尽


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Meaning

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

Pronunciation

JIN
tsukiru/kusu

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

Even two Shaku are eventually used up.

Radicals

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