已 — kanji meaning “stop”
已
stop, halt, previously, already, long ago
- Meanings
- stop, halt, previously, already, long ago
- On'yomi
- イ (i)
- Kun'yomi
- や.む、すで.に、のみ、はなはだ
- Name readings
- み
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2140 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 49
- Chinese reading
- yǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 已
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 已然形 | いぜんけい izenkei | realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese); perfective form |
| 生滅滅已 | しょうめつめつい shoumetsumetsui | going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana |
| 已己巳己 | いこみき ikomiki | all the same |
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