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既

Previously
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingキ
Kun readingすで.に
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 31

Meanings

  1. previouslyRtK
  2. already
  3. long ago
  1. before
  2. undeniably
  3. unmistakably

Popular Usage

既に既婚

Radicals and components

Radical无not
Components
How it's built
既
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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silver (金) · waitress

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1593

Compound words

既にすでに
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
既婚きこん
married
既成きせい
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
既製きせい
ready-made; off the shelf
既存きそん
existing
既定きてい
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
既往症きおうしょう
illness that one had in the past; previous illness; medical history; anamnesis
既製服きせいふく
ready-made clothes; ready-to-wear clothes; off-the-rack clothes; off-the-peg clothes
既得権きとくけん
vested rights
既成事実きせいじじつ
established fact; fait accompli
皆既かいき
total eclipse
既刊きかん
already published
既設きせつ
established
既読きどく
already read
皆既食かいきしょく
total eclipse (solar or lunar)
皆既蝕かいきしょく
total eclipse (solar or lunar)
既の事すんでのこと
almost
既婚者きこんしゃ
married person
皆既日食かいきにっしょく
total solar eclipse
皆既日蝕かいきにっしょく
total solar eclipse
既の所ですんでのところで
almost
既婚男性きこんだんせい
married man
既約表現きやくひょうげん
irreducible representation
一粒子既約いちりゅうしきやく
one particle irreducible

Additional Examples

彼は既婚者なのだから、将来のことを考えなければならない。
As he is a married man, he has to think of the future.tatoeba
日本人は既成の権威にもたれかかろうとする傾向がある。
Japanese people tend to rely on established authority.tatoeba
日本では８世紀には既に立派な都がつくられていました。
In Japan, a beautiful city was built as early as the eighth century.tatoeba
しかしその頃信長は既に亡かった。
However, Nobunaga did no exist at that time.wiki
洋装は、既に明治時代に始まっていた。
Western clothes had already originated from the Meiji period.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Already. 皀 (a bowl of food) + 旡 (turned away) — someone who has eaten and turned away: done already.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 既

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step