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Translingual
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Alternative forms
- 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 followed by 𠃍 instead.
Han character
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))
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Ideogram (指事) – in the mouth. The derivative 含 (OC *ɡɯːm) refers to the original word.
Etymology 1
| trad. | 今 | |
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| simp. # | 今 | |
| alternative forms | 𫢉 ⿱𠆢𬼽 ⿱𠆢下 | |
Etymology not clear. The word's root may be 其 (OC *ɡɯ, “this”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
今
- now; at present; current
- modern times
- 王之好樂甚，則國其庶幾乎。今之樂，猶古之樂也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th 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.
王之好乐甚，则国其庶几乎。今之乐，犹古之乐也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- this
- (literary) thus; promptly
- (literary) if
- 此無他，與民同樂也。今王與百姓同樂，則王矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th 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.
此无他，与民同乐也。今王与百姓同乐，则王矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 今兩虎共鬥，其勢不俱生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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.
今两虎共斗，其势不俱生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Synonyms
Compounds
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Pronunciation
Synonyms
References
- “今”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Alternative forms
Readings
Compounds
- 今日 (kyō): today
- 今朝 (kesa): this morning
- 今年 (kotoshi): this year
- 今宵 (koyoi): tonight; this evening
- 今回 (konkai): this time; lately
- 今月 (kongetsu): this month
- 今後 (kongo): from now on
- 今週 (konshū): this week
- 今度 (kondo): this time; recent; previous; another
- 今晩 (konban): tonight; this evening
- 今迄
- 今際
- 今夏
- 今期
- 今暁
- 今古
- 今更
- 今国会
- 今々, 今今
- 今次
- 今秋
- 今出来
- 今春
- 今尚
- 今上
- 今人
- 今世界
- 今世紀
- 今是昨非
- 今生
- 今昔
- 今川焼
- 今程
- 今冬
- 今道心
- 今般
- 今風
- 今方
- 今明日
- 今夜
- 今夕
- 今様
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 今 |
| いま Grade: 2 |
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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *ema.
Noun
今 • (ima)
Synonyms
- 現在 (genzai)
Derived terms
- 今一度 (imaichido): once more
- 今どき (imadoki): these days
- 今時 (imadoki), 今どき (imadoki)
- 今頃 (imagoro), 今ごろ (imagoro): around this time
- 今一つ (imahitotsu): one more; another; slightly lacking
- 今まで (ima made): until now; so far
- 今や (imaya): nowadays
- 中今 (nakaima, “the present; as a privileged moment in eternity”)
- 今村 (Imamura)
- 今が今まで (ima ga ima made): up to this very moment
- 今し方 (imashigata)
- 今では (imadeha)
- 今の所 (ima no tokoro)
- 今めかしい (imamekashī)
- 今めかす (imamekasu)
- 今もって (imamotte)
- 今や遅しと (imaya ososhi to)
- 今少し (imasukoshi)
- 今思うと (imaomōto)
- 今直ぐ (imasugu)
Prefix
今 • (kon-)
References
- “今”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 今 (MC kˠiɪm). Recorded as Middle Korean ⿱𠆢𬼽/금 (kum) (Yale: kum) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɯm]
- Phonetic hangul: [금]
Compounds
- 금방 (今方, geumbang)
- 방금 (方今, banggeum)
- 지금 (只今, jigeum)
- 작금 (昨今, jakgeum)
- 금번 (今番, geumbeon)
- 금년 (今年, geumnyeon)
- 금래 (今來, geumnae)
- 금차 (今次, geumcha)
- 금주 (今週, geumju)
- 금일 (今日, geumil)
- 목금 (目今, mokgeum)
- 상금 (尙今, sanggeum)
- 금명 (今明, geummyeong)
- 금석 (今夕, geumseok)
- 금기 (今期, geumgi)
- 금야 (今夜, geumya)
- 금월 (今月, geumwol)
- 금조 (今朝, geumjo)
- 금대 (今代, geumdae)
- 금세 (今歲, geumse)
- 금시 (今時, geumsi)
- 당금 (當今, danggeum)
- 금효 (今曉, geumhyo)
- 금반 (今般, geumban)
- 금세 (今世, geumse)
- 금후 (今後, geumhu)
- 고금 (古今, gogeum)
- 즉금 (卽今, jeukgeum)
- 금세기 (今世紀, geumsegi)
- 금시초문 (今始初聞, geumsichomun)
Vietnamese
Han character
今: Hán Việt readings: kim[1][2][3], câm (
今: Nôm readings: kim[1][2][4][5], câm[1][2], căm[1], cầm[1], ngấm[1]
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References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).