已 yǐ already; to stop; then
Similar looking characters : 己 jǐ (self)
Made with 3 strokes.
Easily confused with similar looking 'ji' self
Sounds same
乚 yǐ (hidden) ; 以 yǐ (to use) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 乙 yǐ (twist)Different tone
一 yī (one) ; 医 yī (doctor) ; 衤 yī (clothes) ; 衣 yī (clothes) ; 颐 yí ; 宜 yí (proper) ; 夷 yí (barbarians) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 益 yì ; 义 yì (justice) ; 亦 yì (also) ; 邑 yì (city) ; 弋 yì (catch) ; 艺 yì (skill) ; 忆 yì (to recollect) ; 意 yì (idea) ; 异 yì (different)Pronunciation
Sound file kindly provided by shtooka.net ➚ under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License
Stroke order for character 已, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚
Proverbs
木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu Too late to change anything庆父不死,鲁难未已 qìng fù bù sǐ Lǔ nàn wèi yǐ Take action to remove someone/something obstructing progress, In the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history Qing Fu rose to power in the state of Lu and ruled as a complete despot killing any opponents. Peace did not come until he had been removed from power.