枯竭

Traditional form:

枯竭

Pinyin (reading):

kūjié

Definitions:

• used up
• dried up
• exhausted (of resources)

Characters:

• 枯 - dried out, withered, decayed
• 竭 - to exhaust; to put forth great effort

Traditional characters:

• 枯 - dried out, withered, decayed
• 竭 - to exhaust; to put forth great effort