今 (jīn)

Now; present; current.

How 今 is written

Strokes
4
Radical
人 — human
Traditional
今
Simplified
今 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 今

今天 jīntiān
today; at the present; now
今年 jīnnián
this year
今後 jīnhòu
hereafter; henceforth; in the future
今日 jīnrì
today
今晚 jīnwǎn
tonight
如今 rújīn
nowadays; now
今世 jīnshì
this life; this age
今人 jīnrén
modern people
今兒 jīnr
today
今兒個 jīnrgè
(colloquial) today
今夜 jīnyè
tonight; this evening
今昔 jīnxī
past and present; yesterday and today

今 in a sentence

今天天氣很好。

Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo.

“The weather is very good today.”

How common is 今?

今 is the 336th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 67.2% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 今

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