竭
to exhaust
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,204 U+7AED
How 竭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
立 (semantic, “stand”) + 曷 (phonetic, hé)
How to remember it
use up · Heisig RSH #2110
vase + siesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曷 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曷 sound component | hé | what, why, where, which, how |
| 褐 | hè | coarse wool; dull, brown |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; to shout, to call out |
| 揭 | jiē | to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname |
| 葛 | gé | an edible bean; vine; surname |
| 歇 | xiē | to stop, to rest, to lodge |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for |
| 羯 | jié | wether, castrated ram; deer skin |
| 谒 | yè | to visit, to pay respects |
| 蝎 | xiē | scorpion |
| 遏 | è | to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress |
| 猲 | hè | frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog |
| 碣 | jié | stone tablet |
Words containing 竭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 取之不尽，用之不竭 | qǔ zhī bù jìn , yòng zhī bù jié | limitless supply (of); inexhaustible |
| 尽心竭力 | jìn xīn jié lì | to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost |
| 竭尽全力 | jié jìn quán lì | (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost |
| 心力衰竭 | xīn lì shuāi jié | heart failure |
| 穷竭法 | qióng jié fǎ | Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus) |
| 竭心 | jié xīn | to do one's utmost |
| 力竭 | lì jié | exhausted; worn out |
| 竭力 | jié lì | to do one's utmost |
| 精疲力竭 | jīng pí lì jié | spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out |
| 血竭 | xuè jié | dragon's blood (bright red tree resin) |
| 再衰三竭 | zài shuāi sān jié | weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline; on one's last legs |
| 竭泽而渔 | jié zé ér yú | lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the go… |
| 热衰竭 | rè shuāi jié | heat exhaustion |
| 声嘶力竭 | shēng sī lì jié | to shout oneself hoarse (idiom) |
| 竭尽 | jié jìn | to use up; to exhaust |
| 穷竭 | qióng jié | to exhaust; to use up |
| 竭诚 | jié chéng | wholeheartedly |
| 衰竭 | shuāi jié | (of an organ or bodily function) failure; to fail; (of resources etc) exhaustion; depletio… |
| 殚精竭虑 | dān jīng jié lǜ | to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack … |
| 枯竭 | kū jié | used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources) |