竭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 立
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jié
Cantonese: git3 kit3
JapaneseKun: TSUKIRU TSUKUSU
JapaneseOn: KETSU
Korean: KAL KEL
Vietnamese: kiệt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: put forth great effort; exhaust

CE-Dict: to exhaust

Soothill: Exhaust, used up, finish; utmost.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to devote; to put forth
2.to use up

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: exhaust; use up

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: exhaust; use up

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《立部》竭負舉也。从立曷聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【立字部】竭
【廣韻】渠列切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】巨列切，𠀤音傑。盡也。【禮·曲禮】君子不盡人之歡，不竭人之忠。【史記·太史公自序】神大用則竭。　又【說文】負舉也。【禮·禮運】五行之運，迭相竭也。【註】竭猶負戴也。言五行運轉，更相爲始。　又【玉篇】敗也。【左傳·莊十年】曹劌曰：一鼓作氣，再而衰，三而竭。　又叶去例切。【妻誄柳下惠文】夫子之不竭兮，三黜終不弊兮，豈弟君子，永能厲兮。

Buddhism words and phrases exhaust, complete

CF-Dict: épuiser/employer entièrement

Han-De-Dict: absaugen, auspumpen (u.E.)