Japanese symbol for “inexhaustible”
底知れぬ
そこしれぬ
Romaji: sokoshirenu
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
In Japanese, inexhaustible is 底知れぬ, read そこしれぬ (sokoshirenu).
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Meanings
- adj-f, exp bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “inexhaustible”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尽きない | つきない tsukinai | everlasting; inexhaustible |
| 底知れず | そこしれず sokoshirezu | bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable |
| 底知れない | そこしれない sokoshirenai | bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness; completeness; consistency |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 到底 | とうてい toutei | (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all |
| 根底 | こんてい kontei | root; basis; foundation |
| 底辺 | ていへん teihen | base (of a polygon) |
| 心底 | しんそこ shinsoko | bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts |
| 知る | しる shiru | to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of) |
| 知識 | ちしき chishiki | knowledge; information |
See also: Chinese symbol for “inexhaustible”.
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