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Kanji Detail for 已 - "already, stop, only"

  • Meaning

    已 means "already, stop, only."

    1. Already - Having happened before.

    2. Stop - To cease; to end.

    3. Only - Merely; just.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stop; halt; previously; already; long ago

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    already; finished; stop

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    already; to stop; then; afterwards

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    already; finished; to stop; then, afterwards

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To stop. Such as 嘵嘵不已, meaning talking endlessly. | To leave. Being dismissed from office is called 已. The Chu minister Ziwen was appointed and dismissed three times. See (Analects). | Excessive. Such as 不為已甚. | Past. Such as 已然, 已經. Also 已而, meaning after a while. | A sentence-ending particle. (Analects) "There is no way." | Interchangeable with 以. The two characters were often used interchangeably in ancient times.
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