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瘁

cuì
adjective #55,297

Meanings

  1. 1 overworked
  2. 2 worn out from toil
  3. 3 exhausted

Examples

他为国家鞠躬尽瘁，奉献了一生。
Tā wèi guójiā jūgōngjìncuì, fèngxiàn le yìshēng.
He devoted his whole life to the country, sparing no effort until the end.
多年劳瘁，他的身体十分虚弱。
Duōnián láo cuì, tā de shēntǐ shífēn xūruò.
Years of overwork left his body weak and worn.

Tips

usage
瘁 means exhausted from hard toil. It lives mainly in 鞠躬尽瘁 ('to give one's all until utterly spent'), praising selfless dedication. Do not confuse it with same-sound 悴 (haggard look).

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness; illness
The sickness radical, a person on a sickbed. It frames 瘁 as a draining of health: the body breaks down from being overworked.
phonetic
卒 zú
soldier; to finish; spent
Gives the sound (zú to cuì) plus a hint of being worked to the very end like a foot soldier, which suits the 'spent from toil' meaning.

Stroke Order

瘁 cuì