已 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「己」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「己」
- On
- イ
- Kun
- や.む・すで.に・のみ・はなはだ
- Meaning
- to cease; already
Origin
A modified form of 巳: a thing brought to an end — to cease, and already.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 已むを得ないやむをえない
unavoidable
- 已然形いぜんけい
perfective form (classical grammar)
Example
已むを得ず予定を変更した。
We had no choice but to change the plan.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)