已 — Chinese character
已
yǐ
already; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Radical
- 49 ⼰ (Oneself)
- Strokes
- 3
- Japanese
- 已 as a kanji
Common words with 已
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 而已 | ér yǐ | that's all; nothing more |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past |
| 不已 | bù yǐ | (used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly |
| 已知 | yǐ zhī | known (to science) |
| 已婚 | yǐ hūn | married |
| 已然 | yǐ rán | already; to be already so; to have long been the case |
| 已故 | yǐ gù | the late; deceased |
| 不得已 | bù dé yǐ | to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to |
| 业已 (業已) | yè yǐ | already |
| 仅此而已 (僅此而已) | jǐn cǐ ér yǐ | (idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more |
| 为时已晚 (為時已晚) | wéi shí yǐ wǎn | already too late |
English words written with 已
已 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 9 · Analects 49 · Art of War 9 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 86 · Zhuangzi 190 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 29
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 31
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Analects 1.14
- Analects 1.15
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