Chinese

儘

/t͡ɕin²¹⁴/
utmost; extreme; furthest
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 3
  • radical 人
  • 16 strokes
  • 侭

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 亻 + phonetic 盡 (OC *ʔslinʔ, *zlinʔ).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • soundChinese盡 “to end; to finish; to be exhausted”
    • ideaChinese聿 “original form of 筆／笔 (bǐ, “writing brush; pencil”)”
    • ideaChinese灬 “bristles”
    • ideaChinese皿 “dish; vessel”

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