尽

盡
jìn
#488 most
frequent character
. to exhaust, . fully
verb
adverb

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

尽 as a component in other characters

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Example Sentences

我尽力而为。
wǒ jìnlì érwéi 。
I will do my best.
他尽快完成了作业。
tā jǐnkuài wánchéng le zuòyè 。
He completed the homework as soon as possible.
我们要尽量帮助他们。
wǒmen yào jǐnliàng bāngzhù tāmen 。
We should try our best to help them.

Same Characters, Different Readings

尽jǐn
to the greatest extent

Words with similar meanings

竭尽jiéjìn
to exhaust completely
More formal way of saying to exhaust, implies a deeper sense of using all resources.
充分chōngfèn
fully
An adverb that emphasizes completeness, often used to indicate doing something thoroughly.

Homophones

HSK 2
进jìn
to advance, to enter, to come (or go) into
HSK 3
近jìn
near, close to, approximately
劲jìn
strength, energy, enthusiasm
禁jìn
to prohibit, to forbid
晋jìn
to move forward, to promote

Words Starting With 尽

尽力jìn lì
to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
尽量jìn liàng
to the full

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