暨 (jì) — and, together with; up to, reaching (literary)

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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字

暨 character · C1 (est.)

暨＝旦＋既

ㄐㄧˋ · jì

conjunction — and, together with; up to, reaching (literary)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

旦義dawn — the sun barely clearing the horizon

既聲jì — gives the sound exactlyalready done, finished

A dawn-sun (旦) only half-risen, with 既 jì — already — carrying the sound, unchanged. The sun reaching just to the rim gives "reaching up to," and from there the joining word: 暨今 up to now, and 暨 standing between names for "and, together with."

意 · Meanings

(本義)及、到— reaching up to常用

→暨、以及— and, together with常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension