今日
Chinese
today; modern; present; current; this; now |
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (今日) | 今 | 日 | |
| simp. #(今日) | 今 | 日 | |
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Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 日 |
| Grade: 2 | ふ > う Grade: 1 |
| Irregular | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 今日 – see the following entry at きょう. |
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| (This term, 今日, is a kanji spelling of きょう.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 日 |
| こん Grade: 2 |
にち Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 今日 (MC kˠiɪm ȵiɪt̚). Compare modern Taishanese reading gim1 ngit4.
The goon, so likely the original reading of the term as first borrowed from Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 日 |
| こん Grade: 2 |
にち > ち Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
/koɲɲit͡ɕi/ → /koɲt͡ɕi/
Shift from konnichi above. Used dialectally in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo since the Edo period.
Etymology 4
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 日 |
| こん Grade: 2 |
じつ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese 今日 (MC kˠiɪm ȵiɪt̚). Compare modern Cantonese reading gam1 jat6.
Change in reading from konnichi, keeping the earlier goon reading kon for 今, but substituting the later kan'on reading jitsu for 日.
Coordinate terms
Coordinate terms
- 一昨昨日 (sakiototoi), 一昨昨日 (sakiototsui), 一昨昨日 (issakusakujitsu, “three days ago”)
- 一昨日 (ototoi, “the day before yesterday; two days ago”)
- 昨日 (kinō, “yesterday”)
- 明日 (ashita), 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”)
- 明後日 (asatte, “the day after tomorrow; two days from now”)
- 明々後日 (shiasatte): three days from now
- 弥の明後日 (yanoasatte): three days from now; (dialectal) four days from now
- 今朝 (kesa, “this morning”)
- 今晩 (konban, “this evening”)
- 今夜 (kon'ya, “tonight”)
Okinawan
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