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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 · 詞
已經 word · TOCFL 2
已經 =
ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥ · yǐjīng
adverb — already

字源 FORM — what the parts do

already; sixth heavenly stem (已經的已)coiled serpent glyph borrowed for the 6th stem; the 'already' sense extended from the stem's completedness
to pass through; canonical text (已經的經)jīng絲 silk warp threads on a loom; 巠 jīng gives the sound — what runs through everything, the standard
已經,已經的已,已經的經。
關 · Related
還沒hái méinot yet — the oppositecéngjīngonce, formerly — same , more literary