烬
jìn

cinders

A used up 尽 fire 火; 尽 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
尽
尽 SoundMeaning component
jǐn, jìn utmost

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

燼 cinders Traditional

A used up 盡 fire 火; 盡 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
盡
盡 SoundMeaning component
jǐn, jìn finish, exhaust

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzinHN-tsi[n]ʔ-sashes, combusted
Zhengzhangljins
Unicodezìn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica