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既 means 'already'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1392   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-20    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 59 words   Used in 67 words   Used in 1 name   Component in 11 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   キ
Kun
   すで already
  
⿰   () good   () not, nothing  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 既 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 既 is used 62 times, read 2 ways.
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conjunction
in the meantime; meanwhile  (often written with kana only)
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An additional one less common word includes 既 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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キ   すで already   
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not, nothing
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forearm
lame   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
good
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