qìng
exhaust
Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 殸 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 罄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to use up | ||
innumerable crimes (idiom) | ||
to run out | ||
to use up entirely | ||
used up |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[kʰ]ˤeŋ-s | khengH | qìng | empty; exhaustively |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4542nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+7F44 |
Shuowen | “罄，器中空也。从缶，殸聲。殸，古文磬字。《詩》云：‘缾之罄矣。’” |
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