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RTK / HeisigFrame #1593

既

previously

Lv 31

Strokes: 10

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

previously RTK

Community Mnemonic

▲ 741 votes

Distinguish from 曽 (#540). Think of previously as "the previous customer" in a restaurant. At a cheap sleazy diner, the waitress gives you unwashed silverware that was previously used by the previous customer. Yuck.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

き

Kun'yomi

すで

Used by Kanji(1)