• already, previously, soon;
  • “already happened” or “about to happen”;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

皀 (급, fragrance, food) – semantic component, showing food piled up.

旡 (기, to choke, to be full) – phonetic component, depicting a person turning away after being full.

Together: “already eaten one’s fill,” extended to “already, previously.”

Usage in Korean

旣成 (기성) — already completed

旣往 (기왕) — past, bygone

旣往不咎 (기왕불구) — let bygones be bygones

旣來之則安之 (기래지즉안지) — since it has come, accept it

Words that derived from

Additional notes

无 (旡), though some dictionaries classify it under 牙 or 艮 due to indexing conventions.

이미
imi
gi
Kangxi radical:71, + 7
Strokes:11
Unicode:U+65E3
Cangjie input:
  • 竹心一女山 (HPMVU)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 皀 旡

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

References

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