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今 — 4 strokes / Radical「人」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 4 strokes / Radical「人」
On
コン・キンこん・きん · kon · kin
Kun
いまima
Meaning
now

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコンこんkon今後こんご今日きょう今朝けさ今年ことし昨今さっこん
Onキンきんkin今上きんじょう
Kunいまima今いま今し方いましがた

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

More words with this kanji

  • 今朝けさ
  • 今夜こんや
  • 今週こんしゅう
  • 今度こんど
  • 今晩こんばん
  • 只今ただいま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今(いま) なんじ ですか。

What time is it now?

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

今年今日今年year日sun会to mee…人person介mediat…仄faint令comman…近near巾cloth斤axe艮northe…困to be…
CompoundRadicalReading

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