既
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already; since; both... (and...)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 无 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 既
- Common rank
- #2,455
- Unicode
- U+65E2
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 既 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 旡 turning away from food 皀; compare 即
Components 旡
? unknown part
How to remember it
since · Heisig RSH #1158
silver + waitress
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 既
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 既来之，则安之 | Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it e… | |
| 既成事实 | fait accompli | |
| 既得期间 | vesting period (in finance) | |
| 既有今日何必当初 | see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1] | |
| 既得利益 | vested interest | |
| 一如既往 | (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always | |
| 一言既出，驷马难追 | lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept | |
| 既视感 | déjà vu | |
| 既要当婊子又要立牌坊 | see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊|又想当婊子又想立牌坊[you4 xiang3 dang1 biao3 zi5 you4 xiang3 li4 pai2 fang1] | |
| 既有 | existing | |
| 既定 | already fixed; set; established | |
| 既得 | vested in; already obtained; vesting | |
| 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 既而 | soon after; later; then | |
| 既是 | is both ...(and...); since; as; being the case that | |
| 不咎既往 | not censure sb for his past misdeeds; overlook sb's past mistakes; let bygones be bygones | |
| 既往不咎 | to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no poin… | |
| 既往 | past; bygone; the past | |
| 既已 | already |
Sound family
These characters use 既 as their sound component — compare how they read.