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今 jīn

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jīn | jin1
English translation
today
modern
present
current
this
now
modern, current; today, now

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About 今 jīn

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

今 jīn

Contains the radical

人 rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A mouth 亼 jí  talking about things

Etymology of 今 jīn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱人 rén ？

Explanation

Pictograph of sounds coming out of the mouth. The current meaning "today" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "moan" is now written as 吟 yín .

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Example sentences using 今 jīn

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天上 tiān shàng 有 yǒu 这么 zhè me 多 duō 的 de 灰 huī 云 yún ,我 wǒ 看 kān 今天 jīntiān 要 yāo 下 xià 雨 yǔ .

There are so many grey clouds I think it will rain today.

我 wǒ 认为 rènwéi 今天 jīntiān 天气 tiānqì 会 huì 好 hǎo , 晴 qíng 雨计显示 xiǎnshì 着 zhāo “晴 qíng ”嘛 ma .

I think the day will be fine, the glass is set fair.

由于 yóuyú 湿度 shī dù 高 Gāo ,今晚 jīn wǎn 屋子 wūzi 里 lǐ 不 bù 舒服 shūfu .

The house is not comfortable tonight because of the high humidity.

今天 jīntiān 是 shì 愚人节 Yú rén jié .

Today is April Fools'Day .

我 wǒ 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 在 zài 镇上碰到 pèng dào 了 le 过去 guòqu 教过我 wǒ 的 de 老师 lǎoshī .

I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

Words with 今 jīn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
今天 jīntiān today今天 jīntiān
今晚 jīn wǎn tonight今晚 jīn wǎn
今年 jīn nián this year今年 jīn nián
今日 jīn rì today今日 jīn rì
今 jīn today今 jīn
如今 rújīn now如今 rújīn
今后 jīn hòu hereafter今後
至今 zhìjīn so far至今 zhìjīn
当今 dāng jīn current當今
迄今 qì jīn so far迄今 qì jīn
今夜 jīn yè tonight今夜 jīn yè
今生 jīn shēng this life今生 jīn shēng
今儿 jīn r (coll.) today今兒
现今 xiàn jīn now現今
而今 ér jīn now而今 ér jīn
迄今为止 qìjīnwéizhǐ so far迄今為止
古今 gǔ jīn then and now古今 gǔ jīn
时至今日 shí zhì jīn rì even now時至今日
今朝 jīn zhāo now今朝 jīn zhāo
今晨 jīn chén this morning今晨 jīn chén
今儿个 jīn r ge (coll.) today今兒個
今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ times have changed今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ
古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài at all times and in all places (idiom)古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài
古往今来 gǔ wǎng jīn lái since ancient times古往今來

今 jīn Decomposition & Compounds

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今 jīn Decomposition

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今 jīn Compounds

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  • 今 jīn
    • 念 niàn
      • 鲶 nián , 唸 niàn , 稔 rěn , 捻 niǎn , 敜 niè , 棯 rěn , 淰 niǎn , 腍 rěn , 谂 shěn , 埝 niàn , 惗, 焾, 艌, 菍, 諗, 趝, 踗, 錜, 騐, 鯰 nián
    • 琴 qín
      • 噖
    • 含 hán
      • 颔 hàn , 唅 hán , 晗 hán , 焓 hán , 琀 hán , 谽 hān , 鋡 hán , 娢, 梒, 浛, 筨, 莟, 蛿, 誝, 頷 hàn , 馠
    • 岑 cén
      • 涔 cén , 梣 cén , 侺, 埁, 琌, 硶
    • 貪 tān
      • 嗿 tǎn , 僋
    • 侌
    • 衾 qīn
      • 搇
    • 酓
      • 韽
    • 贪 tān , 吟 yín , 矜 jīn , 黔 qián , 衿 jīn , 妗 jìn , 岒 qián , 庈 qín , 昑 qǐn , 紟 jīn , 芩 qín , 軡 Qián , 钤 qián , 雂 qín , 霒 yīn , 靲 qín , 仱, 坅, 忴, 扲, 枔, 棽, 欦, 汵, 玪, 砛, 笒, 耹, 肣, 蚙, 訡, 赺, 趻, 鈐, 鳹, 鹶, 黅
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