Memory phrase for the character: 既

既

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Meaning already, since, both... (and...)

Pronunciation

jì

Explanation

Left: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: (false tusk 牙)

Mnemonic
 
It is not good with a false tusk, that's already since, ..

Radicals

既 already, since
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
牙 fang, tuskSide view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.
无 notDouble 二 crossed-out legs 儿 as a negation.
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 Vocabulary

既然 jì rán  since; as; this being the case
既是 jì shì  since, as; being the case that
既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù  to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù  

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