漢字道KANJIDO

4 strokesRadical

9Elementary year 24 strokesRadical
On
コン・キン
Kun
いま
Meaning
now

Origin

ORIGIN

From a shape of holding something in — it came to mean 'now.'

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

コン今後・今日・今朝・今年・昨今
キン今上
いま今・今し方

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 今日きょう

    today

  • 今年ことし

    this year

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

今 なんじ ですか。

What time is it now?

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