既 (jì)
since; already; both... (and...)
How 既 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 丨 — line
- Traditional
- 既
- Simplified
- 既 (unchanged)
Components
- 丨 line
- 彐 pig snout
- 乚 second
- 丶 dot
- 旡 have not
Common words using 既
- 一如既往 yīrújìwǎng
- just as in the past (idiom); as before; continuing as always
- 既然 jìrán
- since; as; this being the case
- 既往不咎 jìwǎngbùjiù
- to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
- 既得 jìdé
- vested in; already obtained; vesting
- 既有 jìyǒu
- existing
既 in a sentence
既然來了，就留下來吃晚餐吧。
Jìrán lái le, jiù liú xiàlái chī wǎncān ba.
“Since you are here, stay for dinner.”
How common is 既?
既 is the 723rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 83.4% of all running text.
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