| 矣 | 1397C05 93.80 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄧˇ [yi3] | ||
| Fin. part. | (LL) (1) has the force of exclamation, or of reinforcing a statement like Eng. “indeed”: 吾老矣 I am really getting old; 甚矣吾衰也 ditto; 已矣 alas, it is finished! indeed: 鮮矣仁 (AC) indeed rarely are such people true men. (2) Has the sense of completion (＝modn. 了 already): 離家 十八年矣 it is already eighteen years since (he) left home; 吾必謂之學矣 I will say that he is already (really) educated (though he may not be able to read). (3) 而已矣，耳矣 reinforcing 而已 and 耳 only, merely. | |||||