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已 (や.む) — stop | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
已

已

已や.む

stop

Kanji Core Concepts KMT103 strokes

Hold to practice stroke order

Kun'yomi

や.むすで.にのみはなはだ

On'yomi

イ

Nanori

み

stophaltpreviouslyalreadylong ago

ANIMATION

Stroke 0 / 3

Speed1.0x

Speed1.0x

Concepts using this kanji

死して後已む

duty ends only in death

realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese)

going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana

斃れて後已む

duty ends only in death

all the same

已んぬる哉

I give up

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Used in vocabulary

已
己

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已然形
死して後已む
已んぬる哉
生滅滅已
已己巳己
斃れて後已む