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Kanji Detail for 今 - "now, current, immediately"

今

  • Meaning

    今 means "now, current, immediately."

    1. Now - Present; contemporary; this time.

    2. Immediately - At once; soon; shortly.

  • Words using 今

    • 今回 こんかい Listen this time; now
    • 今年 ことし Listen this year
    • 今後 こんご Listen from now on; hereafter
    • 今月 こんげつ Listen this month
    • 今季 こんき Listen this season
    • 今度 こんど Listen this time; now; next time
    • 今日 きょう Listen today; this day; these days
    • 今春 こんしゅん Listen this spring; spring this year

  • Four-character idioms with 今

    • 今是昨非 こんぜさくひ Listen complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways
    • 古今東西 ここんとうざい Listen all times and places; all ages and countries
    • 古今無双 ここんむそう Listen unparalleled in history
    • 古今独歩 ここんどっぽ Listen unmatched in history; unequaled in history
    • 古往今来 こおうこんらい Listen in all ages; since antiquity
    • 往古来今 おうこらいこん Listen in all ages; since antiquity

  • Origin of 今

    A cover closing down over a held point: the instant caught before it escapes. Now is the moment under the lid.

    How to remember it: A lid snapping shut on this exact moment — now, caught before it got away.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 今

    • Verified meaning: now, current, immediately
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いな, いま, いまさき, いまざき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 今

    Given names 今(なう)Listen

    Surnames 今(いな)Listen 今(いま)Listen 今(いまさき)Listen 今(いまざき)Listen 今(いまふく)Listen 今(いまぶく)Listen 今(きん)Listen 今(こん)Listen 今(やきにく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    now

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    now, today, modern era

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    modern, current; today, now

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Now; the present. As opposed to ancient times.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kin(キン) キン

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ima(いま) いま

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    now present current today modern contemporary immediate this moment presently recent nowadays

Sentences including 今

  • I don't want to see anybody today.

  • Set off right now.

  • I don't want to take a walk now.

  • It is sunny today.

  • I have a good many things to do today.

  • See you tonight , then. cheers !

  • We may as well stay where we are.

  • We're going to have a test today.

  • She is doing her homework now.

  • He overslept this morning.

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