今

jīn

j+īn·1st tone

now · the present time

Radical: 人 Strokes: 4

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Most common

Same radical

人会余以从令众介企仓伞俎

Same radical

人会余以从令众介企仓伞俎仄仑俞

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

A mouth 亼 talking about things

Meanings

now

the present time

current

contemporary

this (day, year etc)

jīn

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Words with 今 187 total

then and now · ancient and modern古今gǔ jīn this; the present (meeting etc) · this time; this once今次jīn cì (coll.) today今儿jīn r hereafter · henceforth · in the future · from now on今后jīn hòu today今日jīn rì this life · this age今世jīn shì

Idioms with 今 107 total Chain

conversant with things past and present · erudite and informed博古通今bó gǔ tōng jīn