■ radical

jǐn

to exhaust

How it’s built

Pictograph of scrubbing dishes clean after one is finished eating.

iconic

(hand); again — Depicts a hand cleaning dishes.

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iconic

characterless component — Depicts a brush used to clean dishes.

iconic

dish; vessel — Depicts a dish for holding food.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 盡 as a component, most common first.