今

今 U+4ECA, 今 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ECA ← 仉 [U+4EC9] CJK Unified Ideographs 介 → [U+4ECB]

Stroke order

Mainland China

Stroke order

All regions except mainland China

• 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 ⿱一𠃍 instead.

今 (Kangxi 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))

• 仱, 吟, 坅, 妗, 岒, 忴, 扲, 汵, 昑, 肣, 枔, 㲐, 玪, 𥄯, 矜, 砛, 紟(𫄛), 耹, 𦧈, 䑤, 蚙, 衿, 訡, 赺, 趻, 軡, 鈐(钤), 䩂, 靲, 䪩, 䰼, 鹶, 黅, 黔, 霒, 䶃, 䶖, 㪁, 欦, 雂, 鳹, 㕂, 岑, 庈, 芩, 笒, 棽, 琴, 含, 念, 侌, 𠉞, 衾, 貪(贪), 酓, 霠, 𩃬

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 358
• Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 105, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4ECA

Ideogram (指事) – An inverted 曰 (yuē) ("to speak"), hence 亼 with a horizontal stroke at the bottom, so the inverted mouth means "not to speak".

Another theory suggests that it depicts something in the mouth. Maybe the original form of 噤 (OC *ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms) or 吟 (OC *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms). The derivative 含 (OC *ɡɯːm) refers to the original word.

trad.		今
simp. #		今
alternative forms		𫢉 ⿱𠆢𬼽 𱎜

Etymology not clear. The word's root may be 其 (OC *ɡɯ, “this”) (Schuessler, 2007).

今

1. now; at present; current

   今天  ―  jīntiān  ―  the current day; today

   從今以後／从今以后  ―  cóngjīnyǐhòu  ―  from now onwards.

   Synonym: 現在 / 现在

2. modern times

   古往今來／古往今来  ―  gǔwǎngjīnlái  ―  from ancient to modern times.

   • 王之好樂甚，則國其庶幾乎。今之樂，猶古之樂也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     王之好乐甚，则国其庶几乎。今之乐，犹古之乐也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng zhī hào yuè shèn, zé guó qí shù jǐ hū. Jīn zhī yuè, yóu gǔ zhī yuè yě. [Pinyin]

     If your Majesty's love of music were very great, Qi would be near to a state of good government! The music of the present day is just like the music of antiquity, as regards effecting that.

   Synonym: 現代 / 现代 (xiàndài)

   Antonym: 古

3. this

   今夏  ―  jīn xià  ―  this summer

   今次 [Cantonese]  ―  gam¹ ci³ [Jyutping]  ―  this time

   Synonyms: 此 (cǐ), 這 / 这

4. (literary) thus; promptly

   • 子為我反，無見王矣。十日之內，數萬之眾，今涉魏境。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     子为我反，无见王矣。十日之内，数万之众，今涉魏境。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Zǐ wèi wǒ fǎn, wú jiàn wáng yǐ. Shírì zhī nèi, shù wàn zhī zhòng, jīn shè wèi jìng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonyms: 即, 立刻 (lìkè)

5. (literary) if

   • 此無他，與民同樂也。今王與百姓同樂，則王矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     此无他，与民同乐也。今王与百姓同乐，则王矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Cǐ wú tā, yǔ mín tóng yuè yě. Jīn wáng yǔ bǎixìng tóng yuè, zé wàng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Their feeling thus is from no other reason but that you cause them to have their pleasure as you have yours. If your Majesty now will make pleasure a thing common to the people and yourself, the royal sway awaits you.

   • 今兩虎共鬥，其勢不俱生。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     今两虎共斗，其势不俱生。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jīn liǎng hǔ gòng dòu, qí shì bù jù shēng. [Pinyin]

     If we (the two tigers) fight against one another, it is certainly not possible that both of us will survive.

   Synonyms: 若, 假如 (jiǎrú)

6. a surname

trad.		今
simp. #		今
alternative forms		旦 當／当 擔／担 咊 Teochew

今

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) now

   1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 36:

   今。爾着憶得 Taⁿ, lṳ́ tiéh it-tit

   今汝著憶得／今汝著忆得 [Teochew]  ―  dan¹, le² diêh⁸ êg⁴ dig⁴ [Peng'im]  ―  Now, you must remember

2. (Southern Min) then; in that case
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) nowadays

• “今”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

• 𫝆

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. now; at present

• Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)^{←こん (kon, historical)←こむ (komu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)^{←きん (kin, historical)←きむ (kimu, ancient)}
• Kun: いま (ima, 今, Jōyō)
• Nanori: な (na)

Kanji in this term
今
いま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.^[1] From Proto-Japonic *ima. Frellesvig suggests a compound of reconstructed proximal demonstrative *i (compare Middle Korean 이 (i, “this”)) + ma (corresponding to modern 間(ま) (ma, “space”).^[2]

• (Tokyo) いま [íꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4][1]
• IPA^(key): [ima̠]

• (Kyoto) いま [ìmá] (Teiki – [0])^[1]

今(いま) • (ima) 

1. now
2. just now
3. soon

   Synonyms: すぐ (sugu, “soon”), すぐに (sugu ni, “immediately”)

今(いま) • (ima) 

1. now; present

   今(いま)を生(い)きる

   ima o ikiru

   live in the now

   今(いま)はもうない。

   Ima wa mō nai.

   It does not exist any more.

   (literally, “now it is already none”)

2. just now

   Synonym: さっき

   今(いま)の声(こえ)

   ima no koe

   that voice just now

   なんだったんだろう、今(いま)の。

   Nan datta n darō, ima no.

   What was that just now…?

• 現在(げんざい) (genzai)

今(こん) • (kon-) 

1. (temporal) this

   今(こん)世(せい)紀(き)最(さい)大(だい)の危(き)機(き)

   kon-seiki saidai no kiki

   greatest danger of this century

   今(こん)シーズン

   kon-shīzun

   this season

今(こん) • (Kon) 

1. a surname

From Middle Chinese 今 (MC kim). Recorded as Middle Korean ⿱𠆢𬼽/금 (kum) (Yale: kum) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [금]

Wikisource

今 (eumhun 이제 금 (ije geum))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 금 (“this”).
2. (literary) Hanja form^? of 금 (“now; at present”).
   • 1919, 기미 독립 선언서(己未獨立宣言書) (gimi dongnip seoneonseo) [Proclamation of Korean Independence]:

     痛苦(통고)를 甞(상)한 지 今(금)에 十年(십년)을 過(과)한지라 […]

     tonggoreul sanghan ji geume simnyeoneul gwahanjira

     We have now suffered for a decade […]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

今: Hán Việt readings: kim^[1][2][3], câm (居(cư)吟(ngâm)切(thiết))^[1][2]
今: Nôm readings: kim^[1][2][4][5], câm^[1][2], căm^[1], cầm^[1], ngấm^[1]

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