罄

罄 · qìng

exhaust, run out, use up; empty

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qìng
Cantonese
hing3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

exhaust, run out, use up; empty

Dictionary definitions & readings

罄 qìng · to use up; to exhaust; empty

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52938.140:qìng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0937.050:qìng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
305.010:qìng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qìng粵hing3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ キョウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
경:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
khánh Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦定 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GEOJU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4777.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0945.450 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
432.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0832d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7F44
Radical
缶 · 121
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6203

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
罄
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khengH · 苦定 · 梗開四去青溪 · #2997

PHONO-ML, source line 15693; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1064.201
kCowles
1079
kDaeJaweon
1386.180
kFennIndex
83.09
kGSR
0832d
kHanYu
52938.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1386.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52938.140
kIRGKangXi
0945.450
kKangXi
0945.450
kKarlgren
397
kMatthews
1165
kMeyerWempe
704b
kMorohashi
28167
kSBGY
432.18
kSMSZD2003Index
534.12
kCangjie
GEOJU
kFenn
404G
kFourCornerCode
4777.4
kHKGlyph
3177
kMojiJoho
MJ020513
kPhonetic
477
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7340
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C16A
kIRG_JSource
J14-7466
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6879
kIRG_KSource
K1-5858
kIRG_TSource
T1-7474
kIRG_VSource
V1-633C
kRSUnicode
121.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C16A
kCCCII
215229
kCNS1986
1-7474
kCNS1992
1-7474
kEACC
215229
kGB0
8332
kGB1
8332
kJIS0213
2,84,70
kJis1
5281
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4977
kTGH
2013:6203
kTaiwanTelegraph
4977
kXerox
263:147
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14997+121.6.11
kCantonese
hing3
kDefinition
exhaust, run out, use up; empty
kFanqie
苦定
kHangul
경:1N
kHanyuPinyin
52938.140:qìng
kJapanese
ケイ キョウ
kJapaneseKun
MUNASHII
kJapaneseOn
KEI KYOU
kKorean
KYENG
kMandarin
qìng
kSMSZD2003Readings
qìng粵hing3
kTGHZ2013
305.010:qìng
kVietnamese
khánh
kXHC1983
0937.050:qìng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
11dictionary records using 罄0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
殸 above 缶 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱殸缶$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱殸缶$(GHTJKPV)

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