今
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Translingual
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Alternative forms
- In all regions except mainland China, the stroke between 𠆢 and ㇇ for 今 (and its derived characters) is written with a horizontal 一 line.
- In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing standardized form), the stroke between 𠆢 and ㇇ for 今 (and its derived characters) is written with a slanting 丶 dot instead.
- In the historical Kangxi dictionary, the component below 𠆢 is written 一 followed by 𠃍 instead.
Han character
今 (radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓 (OIN) or 人一弓 (OMN), four-corner 80207, composition ⿱亽㇇(G) or ⿱亼㇇(HTJKV))
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 91, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 358
- Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 105, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4ECA
Chinese
trad. | 今 | |
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simp. # | 今 | |
variant forms | 𫢉 ⿱𠆢𬼽 ⿱𠆢下 |
Glyph origin
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
馠 | *qʰɯːm |
谽 | *qʰɯːm |
唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
含 | *ɡɯːm |
肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
筨 | *ɡɯːm |
梒 | *ɡɯːm |
鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
琀 | *ɡɯːms |
浛 | *ɡɯːms |
盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
玪 | *krɯːm |
妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
鈐 | *ɡram |
鳹 | *ɡram |
雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
念 | *nɯːms |
梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
枔 | *sɢrɯm |
岑 | *sɡrɯm |
笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
涔 | *sɡrɯm |
侺 | *ɡjɯms |
今 | *krɯm |
黅 | *krɯm |
衿 | *krɯm |
衾 | *kʰrɯm |
坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
搇 | *kʰrɯms |
琴 | *ɡrɯm |
禽 | *ɡrɯm |
芩 | *ɡrɯm |
庈 | *ɡrɯm |
耹 | *ɡrɯm |
靲 | *ɡrɯm |
擒 | *ɡrɯm |
檎 | *ɡrɯm |
紟 | *ɡrɯms |
吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
陰 | *qrɯm |
霠 | |
飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
蔭 | *qrɯms |
廕 | *qrɯms |
矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Ideogram (指事) – in the mouth. The derivative 含 (OC *ɡɯːm) refers to the original word.
Pronunciation
Definitions
今
- now; at present; current
- (literary, idiomatic) modern times
- this
- (Classical Chinese) thus; promptly
- (Classical Chinese) if
- A surname.
Synonyms
Compounds
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Japanese
Alternative forms
Readings
Compounds
- 今日 (kyō): today
- 今度 (kondo): this time; recent; previous; another
- 今後 (kongo): from now on
- 今晩 (konban): tonight; this evening
- 今週 (konshū): this week
- 今回 (konkai): this time; lately
- 今宵 (koyoi): tonight; this evening
- 今年 (kotoshi): this year
- 今月 (kongetsu): this month
- 今朝 (kesa): this morning
- 今々, 今今
- 今上
- 今世界
- 今世紀
- 今人
- 今冬
- 今出来
- 今古
- 今国会
- 今夏
- 今夕
- 今夜
- 今尚
- 今川焼
- 今方
- 今明日
- 今昔
- 今春
- 今是昨非
- 今暁
- 今更
- 今期
- 今様
- 今次
- 今生
- 今秋
- 今程
- 今般
- 今迄
- 今道心
- 今際
- 今風
Kanji in this term |
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今 |
いま Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Noun
Synonyms
- 現在 (genzai)
Derived terms
- 中今 (nakaima, “the present; as a privileged moment in eternity”)
- 今どき (imadoki): these days
- 今まで (imamade): until now; so far
- 今や (imaya): nowadays
- 今一つ (imahitotsu): one more; another; slightly lacking
- 今一度 (imaichido): once more
- 今時 (imadoki): Alternative form of 今どき (imadoki)
- 今頃 (imagoro): around this time
- 今が今まで
- 今ごろ
- 今し方
- 今では
- 今の所
- 今めかしい
- 今めかす
- 今もって
- 今や遅しと
- 今少し
- 今思うと
- 今直ぐ
Vietnamese
Han character
今: Hán Việt readings: kim[1][2][3], câm (
今: Nôm readings: kim[1][2][4][5], câm[1][2], căm[1], cầm[1], ngấm[1]
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References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).