今

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

now

HSK 1 N4

Abstract →Time

jīn

コン、キン

いま

금

Depicts a closed mouth. Upside-down 曰. The meaning "now" is a phonetic loan.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

今

Regular

Modern

Chinese

今 [jīn]

now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)

Japanese

今いま同音

nounadj-noadverb now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
adverb another; more

今こん同音

prefix

the current ...; this
today's ...

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

今のアナウンスは何だったのですか。

What did the announcement just say?

その法案は今会期中に成立する見通しである。

The bill is expected to be enacted during the present session.

Japanese Names

今いな

Ina surname

今いま

Ima surname

今いまいち

Imaichi place name

今いまさき

Imasaki surname

今いまざき

Imazaki surname

今いまふく

Imafuku unclassified name

今いまぶく

Imabuku unclassified name

今きん

Kin surname

今こん

Kon surname

今なう

Nau female given name

今やきにく

Yakiniku surname

CHINESE WORDS (96)

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JAPANESE WORDS (196)

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KOREAN WORDS (11)

past and present time

all ages and countries

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