Sinograph Addenda · Signs
by-now
| Name | by-now |
|---|---|
| Reads | yǐ |
| Means | final particle: the state has arrived — 'now it is so' |
| Taught in | 08 · Already, and at last |
Where it comes from
The arrow 矢 under an ancient top that lends the sound yǐ — the stated account. The particle closes a sentence with arrival: something has become so, the count is complete, the decade has turned. Where 也 lays a fact flat on the table, 矣 tells you the arrow has landed. Taught in the already chapter.
How to remember it
The arrow 矢 with a curl tied on top: flown, landed, knotted off — by now, it is so.
In the wild
urn:nabu:kanripo:KR1h0004:002:12a · license: attribution.