已 yǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 己 — self, oneself
已经
yǐjīng
already
Characters in this word
经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我已经到了。 Wǒ yǐjīng dào le. I have already arrived.
- 他已经走了。 Tā yǐjīng zǒu le. He has already left.
- 饭已经好了。 Fàn yǐjīng hǎo le. The food is already ready.