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如今 rújīn

如今 rújīn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 如今 rújīn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rújīn | ru2 jin1
English translation
nowadays
now

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Traditional form

如今 rújīn

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 如今 rújīn

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Positional decomposition

女口

Number of Strokes

6
jīn

Type

ideographic

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 yín .

Positional decomposition

rén

Number of Strokes

4

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如今 rújīn Decomposition

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如今 rújīn Compounds

See all 100 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 如今 rújīn in their composition.

    • shù , , , , , , , , , ,
  • jīn
    • niàn
      • nián , niàn , rěn , niǎn , niè , rěn , niǎn , rěn , shěn , niàn , , , , , , , , , , nián
    • qín
    • hán
      • hàn , hán , hán , hán , hán , hān , hán , , , , , , , , hàn ,
    • cén
      • cén , cén , , , ,
    • tān
      • tǎn ,
    • qīn
    • tān , yín , jīn , qián , jīn , jìn , qián , qín , qǐn , jīn , qín , Qián , qián , qín , yīn , qín , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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