罄
to use up; to exhaust; empty
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,159 U+7F44
How 罄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
缶 (semantic, “pottery”) + 殸 (phonetic, qìng)
components: 殸 缶
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 殸
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 殸 (qìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殸 sound component | qìng | stone chimes |
| 馨 | xīn | fragrant, aromatic |
| 謦 | qì | to speak softly |
Words containing 罄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罄竹难书 | qìng zhú nán shū | (lit.) too numerous to record on bamboo slips (idiom); (fig.) (of crimes or misdeeds) innu… |
| 罄身儿 | qìng shēn r | erhua variant of 罄身[qing4 shen1] |
| 面罄 | miàn qìng | to explain in detail personally |
| 罄身 | qìng shēn | nudity; nakedness |
| 罄然 | qìng rán | well disciplined |
| 罄尽 | qìng jìn | to use up entirely |
| 告罄 | gào qìng | to run out; to have exhausted |
| 售罄 | shòu qìng | to be completely sold out; to sell out |
| 罄竭 | qìng jié | variant of 磬竭[qing4 jie2] |
| 罄匮 | qìng kuì | used-up; exhausted |