已 · yǐ
already; finished; stop
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
already; finished; stop
- Mandarin
- yǐ
- Cantonese
- ji5
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 已 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
イ シ コ キ すでに のみ はなはだ やむ やめる み おのれKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 이
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5DF2
- Radical
- 己 · 49
- Strokes
- 3 · Unihan
- Residual
- 0
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
3 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 已
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
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Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.
Sentence context · 2 matches
这只是枝叶而已。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #395768 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #395766 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
佢已經同以前唔同咗喇。
Source, contributors & licenses
Cantonese: Tatoeba #385658 · Original contributor: nickyeow · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
English: Tatoeba #6403806 · Original contributor: alishalikescats · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- yiX · 羊己 反切 · #1291
- Middle Chinese
- yiH · 羊吏 反切 · #2264
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 9349 · yiX = 止開三上之以 · yiH = 止開三去之以
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- yǐ
- kCantonese
- ji5
- kDefinition
- already; finished; stop
- kTotalStrokes
- 3
- kRSUnicode
- 49.0
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:61
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- yǐ 20984.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- sì 1091.021 · yǐ 1366.030
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- yǐ 432.180
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- yǐ(2107)
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 羊己 羊吏
- Kangxi positions
- 0326.110
- Guangyun positions
- 251.21 357.52
- GSR references
- 0977a
- Cangjie
- SU
- Four-corner
- 1771.7