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Kanji Detail for 已 - "already, to stop"

已

  • Meaning

    已 means "already, to stop." Also associated with only.

    1. Already - Having happened before.

    2. Stop - To cease; to end.

    3. Only - Merely; just.

  • Four-character idioms with 已

    • 生滅滅已 しょうめつめつい Listen going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana

  • Tattoo check: 已

    • Verified meaning: already, to stop
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: only

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

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    hanahada(はなは-だ) はなは-だ

    nomi(のみ) のみ

    sudeni(すで-に) すで-に

    ya.mu(や-む) や-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

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    己 巳 已 (onore)

  • Related Keywords

    already to stop only formerly previously before cease discontinue earlier end halt happened merely once past prior just

Sentences including 已

  • I do it because I have to.

  • "I heard that Tom and John are identical twins. They really do look alike, don't they?" "Yes, they really do look very similar. Even their parents say they get confused sometimes. Those two really are very similar, aren't they?"

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