- 既然 jìrán, since, given the fact that, with this being the case, now that
- 既, already, now that, since
- 既 is an indicative character: the left part of the character represented a food container, and the right originally represented a person with a full belly and head turned backward, indicating that the person had eaten enough and was leaving soon. Over time, the meaning of the character was extended to convey the idea of “already” or “since or now that something has happened, then… “.
- 然, like this
