鞠躬尽瘁
jū​gōng​jìn​cuì

striving to the utmost

鞠 jū bow

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather

leather

匊
匊 Sound component
jū handful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuɡ
kʰuɡ
ɡuɡ
Unicodegiuk

說文解字

蹋鞠也。从革匊聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

躬 gōng body

Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 弓 represents the sound.

Components

身
身 Meaning component
shēn body
弓
弓 Sound component
gōng bow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

窮

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjuwngk(r)uŋ body, person

說文解字

《說文》：“躳，身也。从身，从呂。躬，躳或从弓。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

尽 jǐn, jìn utmost Simplified

Simplified form of 盡. Depicts a hand (又) using a brush to scrub dishes (皿) clean after one is finished eating. The simplified character 尽 was derived from the cursive form of 盡.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

烬荩赆

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

烬

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瘁 cuì feel tired

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzuds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

盡 jǐn, jìn finish, exhaust Traditional

Depicts a hand (又) using a brush to scrub dishes (皿) clean after one is finished eating.

Components

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand cleaning dishes.

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a brush used to clean dishes.

皿
皿 Iconic component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Depicts a dish for holding food.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

燼儘

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

燼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsinXtsi[n]ʔ exhaust (v.)
dzinXm-tsi[n]ʔ exhaust (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“盡，器中空也。从皿，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)