Character Contained In References Comments
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traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
旡 皀 ⿰旡
Mandarin
ji4, xi4
English
Definitions
already; since; both... (and...); both; de facto; then
Mnemonic
A meal 皀 finished (swallowed 旡); compare 即
Etymology
Notes
Shuowen defines this character as small meal: it probably took on associated meaning of done already; meaning of 暨 is considered related