已

3 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

stop, halt, previously, already, long ago

Kun'yomi
  • やむ
    		to cease
  • すでに
    		already ②previously ③undeniably
  • のみ
  • はなはだ
On'yomi
  • イ
Nanori
  • み

Main Radical

己(KanXi)

Variants

己 巳

Reading Commonality

イ 96.0%
すでに 4.0%

Character Breakdown

stop, halt, previously
イ　すで.に　や.む (Kentei 1)
self
コ　おのれ　キ (6th, N1)

Common Words

い
已
ぜん
然
けい
形
realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese)
しょう
生
めつ
滅
めつ
滅
い
已
going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
い
已
こ
己
み
巳
き
己
all the same
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References

Unicode hex code 5DF2
JIS X 0208 1-54-65
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1461
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1539
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3377
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4185
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2861
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2937
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2944
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 31
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 8743
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a3.13
Four corner code 1771.7