Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to use up all one's strength

    水夫は仲間の水夫が力尽きて沈むのを目撃した。
    A sailor saw his fellow sailor sink from exhaustion.
  2. to die

    Euphemistic

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

Kun
ちから
On
リョクリキリイ
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
62 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

じからつとむ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-2-4SKIP code
2g0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4002.7Four corner code
1645deroo
529bUnicode hex code
1-46-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
715Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
521New Nelson (John Haig)
3371New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4178Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2114Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2860Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
858Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
922Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
11Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
53Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2288Morohashi
74A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148sakade
128Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38henshall3
9Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
38crowley
173Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
207Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
866Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li4Pinyin reading
ryeogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

Kun
つ.きるつ.くすつ.かす-づ.く-ず.くことごと.く
On
ジンサン
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1234 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-3, 3-4-2SKIP code
3r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7730.3Four corner code
3740deroo
5c3dUnicode hex code
1-31-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1380Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1408New Nelson (John Haig)
3050New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3786Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1932Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2624Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1071Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1152Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1603A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1530Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7642Morohashi
1447A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1726Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1844Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1229Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1072Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1726Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
523Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1080Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin3, jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level