Chinese symbol for “vesting”

既得

jì dé

vested in; already obtained; vesting

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vesting is 既得 (jì dé), defined as: vested in; already obtained; vesting.

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Characters and stroke order

既 jì

already, since, then; both; de facto

radical 71 ⽆ · 9 strokes

得 dé

to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready

radical 60 ⼻ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 既得.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
既然	jì rán	since; as; this being the case
既有	jì yǒu	existing
既定	jì dìng	already fixed; set
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 yì	vested interest
既往	jì wǎng	past; bygone
觉得 (覺得)	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
获得 (獲得)	huò dé	to obtain; to receive; to get

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.