殚
Tap the pinyin to hear it
entirely; to exhaust
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 歹 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 殫
- Common rank
- #3,485
- Unicode
- U+6B9A
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 殚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殚精极虑 | to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack … | |
| 殚心 | to devote one's entire mind | |
| 殚力 | to strive; endeavor | |
| 殚精竭虑 | to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack … | |
| 殚残 | to destroy | |
| 殚闷 | to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness | |
| 殚竭 | to use up; to exhaust | |
| 阑殚 | tired and exhausted |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 单 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单 sound part | single, individual, only; lone | |
| 弹 | bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy | |
| 蝉 | cicada; continuous | |
| 阐 | to disclose; to explain; to open | |
| 郸 | a county in Hebei province | |
| 啴 | many; to pant | |
| 惮 | to fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid | |
| 掸 | to dust; a duster | |
| 箪 | a small bamboo basket for rice | |
| 婵 | beautiful, graceful, lovely, pretty | |
| 瘅 | bitter hatred; drought | |
| 觯 | a horn of wine |