Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stand (lì) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 872, Entry 29 Pronounced jie. It means to finish or to use up. Book of Rites (Liji): A gentleman does not exhaust the joy of others, nor does he exhaust the loyalty of others. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): When a divine power is put to great use, it is exhausted. Also, according to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To carry on the back or to lift. Book of Rites (Liji): The movement of the five elements, rotating and exhausting one another. Commentary: Exhausting here means to carry on the back. It means the five elements rotate, each acting as a beginning for the next. Also, according to the Jade Collection (Yupian): To be defeated. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): Cao Gui said: With the first beat of the drum, the spirits are aroused; with the second, they falter; with the third, they are exhausted. Also, rhyming with the pronunciation lie. Eulogy for the Wife of Liuxia Hui (Qilei Liuxia Hui wen): Your virtue is not exhausted, though thrice dismissed and never worn out; oh, happy and gentle gentleman, you will forever be an inspiration.