罄

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to use up; to exhaust; empty

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

缶 meaning “pottery” + 殸 sound ( qìng )

Components 殸缶

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Characters sharing the sound component 殸 — compare how they read.