尽

儘
jǐn
#488 most
frequent character
to the greatest extent

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

尽 is 盡 written in cursive, with strokes changed for regular script. 盡 showed a brush rinsing an empty vessel, giving the first sense 'empty food container.' The meaning grew to 'to empty, exhaust', 'end, extreme', 'to die', and 'all.' It is also the simplified form of 儘.

Drawn as: brush rinsing vessel

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Same Characters, Different Readings

尽jìn
. to exhaust, . fully

Homophones

HSK 5
紧jǐn
tight, strict, close at hand, near
仅jǐn
only, merely, barely
谨jǐn
cautious, careful, solemnly
锦jǐn
brocade, embroidered work, bright

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