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已
已
Translingual
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Han character
已 (radical 49 己+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸山 (SU) or X尸山 (XSU), four-corner 17717)
References
- KangXi: page 326, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8743
- Dae Jaweon: page 630, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 984, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5DF2
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 已 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Significance uncertain. The ancient character is analyzed by some sources as an exhalation of breath, suggesting the completion of an action. 厶 (in one of its uses) and 以 are ultimately descended from this same character.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yí
- Min Dong (BUC): ī
- Min Nan (POJ): í
- Wu (Wiktionary): i (T2)
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: i3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
- IPA (key): /i²¹⁴/
 
 
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
-  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+- Jyutping: ji5
- Yale: yíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji5
- IPA (key): /jiː¹³/
 
 
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
-  Hakka
-  (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
- Hakka Romanization System: i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi3
- IPA: /i³¹/
 
-  (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi3
- IPA: /(j)i³¹/
 
 
-  (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
-  Min Dong
-  (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ī
- IPA (key): /i³³/
 
 
-  (Fuzhou)
-  Min Nan
-  (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
- Tâi-lô: í
- Phofsit Daibuun: ie
- IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹/
 
 
-  (Hokkien)
-  Wu
-  (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: i (T2)
- IPA (key): /i³⁴/
 
 
-  (Shanghainese)
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 已 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐ | 
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yiX › | 
| Old Chinese | /*ɢ(r)əʔ/ | 
| English | cease; already | 
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: 					* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 已 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| No. | 14924 | 
| Phonetic component | 已 | 
| Rime group | 之 | 
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 
| Corresponding MC rime | 以 | 
| Old Chinese | /*lɯʔ/ | 
| Notes | 巳轉註字 | 
Definitions
已
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
May be replaced with 以 in some compounds, eg. 已降→以降.
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Korean
Hanja
已 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)
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Vietnamese
Han character
已 (dĩ, dãi)
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