既 — previously, already, long ago

すで既 previously

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+65E2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1081 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1593 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

previously
already
long ago

word

すで sude Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

既(すで) sude already 既(すで) に sudeni already

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

既(き) 存(そん) kison existing 既(き) 成(せい) kisei established 既(き) 婚(こん) kikon married 既(き) 得(とく) kitoku vested 既(き) 定(てい) kitei default

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

艮 stopping

旡 choke

Used as component in (2)

がい概 outline がい慨 rue

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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