已

See also 己, and 巳

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Uncertain. The ancient character is analyzed by some sources as an exhalation of breath, suggesting the completion of an action. 厶 (in one of its uses) and 以 are ultimately descended from this same character.

Han character

已 (radical 49 己+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸山 (SU), X尸山 (XSU), four-corner 1771₇)

1. already
2. finished
3. stop

References

• KangXi: page 326, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8743
• Dae Jaweon: page 630, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 984, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5DF2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

已 (jyutping ji5, Yale yi5)

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Japanese

Kanji

已 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: すでに (sudeni), やむ (yamu), のみ (nomi)

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Korean

Hanja

已 (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

已 (pinyin yǐ (yi3), Wade-Giles i³)

Compounds

• 已故
• 已婚
• 已经
• 已然
• 已往
• 已知数

Adverb

已 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǐ)

1. already

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Vietnamese

Han character

已 (dĩ, dãi)