Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 good(This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden.)
牙 fang, tusk(Side view of an elefant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.)
无 not
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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.

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