Memory phrase for the character: 既

既

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Meaning

already, previously, before

Pronunciation

 KI
sude

Explanation

 Left: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: variation of tusk 牙 (The short lower stroke is towards the right.)

Mnemonic
 
(Talk at the dentist?) It's not good that the tusk is so crooked, but it already happened that way.

Radicals

既 already,
艮 not goodThis radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"
牙 tusk of an elephantSide view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.
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 Vocabulary

既に すでに  already, too late
既婚 きこん  marriage, married

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