既
既 — gi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
This is the Japanese glyph form. The Korean form is 旣.
- Korean reading
- 이미 기
- Romanization
- gi
- English
- already; de facto; since; then
- Mandarin
- jì
- Japanese on'yomi
- キ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- すで.に
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,081 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 无 (71, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+65E2
Parts that make up 既
How 既 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 既 as a ideographic compound involving 皀, 旡.
Japanese words with 既
- 既にすでに already; previously; before
- 既存きそん existing
- 既成きせい established; existing; accomplished
- 既婚きこん married
- 既得権きとくけん vested rights
- 既定きてい established; fixed; prearranged
- 既成事実きせいじじつ established fact; fait accompli
- 既刊きかん already published
- 既設きせつ established; existing
- 既成概念きせいがいねん stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion
- 既製服きせいふく ready-made clothes; ready-to-wear clothes; off-the-rack clothes
- 既製きせい ready-made; off the shelf
Other hanja read “기”
Other hanja with radical 无
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