Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1081 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: previously, already, long ago

Kunyomi: すで.に

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: perish

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キセイ established, existing, accomplished, accepted, completed

キコン married

カイキ total eclipse, totality

Kunyomi Examples

すでに already, too late

にして すでにして in the meantime, meanwhile