既

jì = ji + Ø4

already / since / both... (and...)

既 = 旡 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: the saying 一言既出，驷马难追 means "lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept". Thus, I'll represent this character with a team of four horses.

Joan of Arc made a bet with a team of four horses that she'd be able to chew 20 chewing gums at once. After stuffing ten of them into her mouth she's already chocking, but what has been said cannot be retracted by a team of four horses.

既 character breakdown

既
- 旡
- 艮
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
  - 长
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 丿
    - 乛

旡

jì = ji + Ø4

choke on something eaten

Joan of Arc ate something in the space station, but it git stuck in her throat. Now she's chocking and chocking in the space station's bathroom without end.

艮

gěn = g + (e)n3

blunt / tough / chewy

艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.

艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.

艮

gèn = g + (e)n4

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

Characters with 既 as component

概

槩

gài = g + ai4

old variant of 概[gai4]

概 = 既 + 木 : Guy Fawkes celebrates Christmachrist in the airplane's bathroom with a Christmas tree as a team of four horses arrive. Guy Fawkes, not being too familiar with the traditions of Christmachrist, thinks that these must be the four kings which will give him the presents—at least he thinks that this is what he approximately heard. He should have thought twice, as the four horses are not four kings, but the four horses of the apocalypse.

概

gài = g + ai4

general / approximate

溉

gài = g + ai4

to irrigate

溉 = 既 + 氵 : A team of four horses (既) is helping Guy Fawkes (g) to irrigate (溉) the airplane's bathroom (ai4) by pouring out a lot of water bottles (氵).

慨

kǎi = k + ai3

indignant / generous / to sigh (with emotion)

慨 = 忄 + 既 : Karl Marx (k) is riding right up to the king in the airplane (ai3) with his team of four horses (既), demanding help to change the world. The king sighs (慨) and generously (慨) hands him a flail (忄).

慨

嘅

kǎi = k + ai3

old variant of 慨[kai3] / to sigh (with emotion)

暨

jì = ji + Ø4

and / to reach to / the limits

嘅

gě = g + e3

possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5]

厩

廐

jiù = ji + ou4

variant of 廄|厩[jiu4]

厩

廄

jiù = ji + ou4

stable / barn

𬶨

鱀

jì = ji + Ø4

see 白鱀豚|白𬶨豚[bai2 ji4 tun2]

塈

jì = ji + Ø4

(literary) to plaster / to pick up / to rest

穊

jì = ji + Ø4

dense

Words with 既

一

yi̅

如

rú

既

jì

往

wǎng

just as in the past (idiom); as before / continuing as always

一

yi̅

言

yán

既

jì

出

chu̅

，

驷

駟

sì

马

馬

mǎ

难

難

nán

追

zhui̅

lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

不

bù

咎

jiù

既

jì

往

wǎng

not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones

既

jì

来

來

lái

之

zhi̅

，

则

則

zé

安

a̅n

之

zhi̅

Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

既

jì

已

yǐ

already

既

jì

往

wǎng

past / bygone / the past

既

jì