已

stop; halt; previously; already; long ago

3 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2140.

Readings

• イ (on reading): 已然形 (いぜんけい) realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese); 生滅滅已 (しょうめつめつい) going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
• やむ (kun reading): 死して後已む (ししてのちやむ) duty ends only in death; 斃れて後已む (たおれてのちやむ) duty ends only in death
• すでに (kun reading)
• のみ (kun reading)
• はなはだ (kun reading)

Components

• 己
• 已 radical oneself; already, 己 forms

Words using 已

• 已然形 (いぜんけい) realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese)
• 生滅滅已 (しょうめつめつい) going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
• 已己巳己 (いこみき) all the same
• 死して後已む (ししてのちやむ) duty ends only in death
• 斃れて後已む (たおれてのちやむ) duty ends only in death

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists