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Chinese symbol for “established”

既定
jì dìng
already fixed; set; established

The closest CC-CEDICT match for established is 既定 (jì dìng), defined as: already fixed; set; established.

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Characters and stroke order

既 jì
already, since, then; both; de facto
radical 71 ⽆ · 9 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 既定.

WordPinyinMeaning
既然jì ránsince; as; this being the case
既有jì yǒuexisting
一如既往yī rú jì wǎng(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
既得利益jì dé lì yìvested interest
既往jì wǎngpast; bygone
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

See also: Japanese symbol for “established”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.