今 – now

4 strokesTaught in grade 2#49 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 今 means now. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コン、キン (kon, kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いま (ima). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コン	kon
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	いま	ima

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 个・一.

Words using 今

今いまnow今日きょうtoday今朝けさthis morning今年ことしthis year今月こんげつthis month今週こんしゅうthis week今晩こんばんtonight今度こんどthis time今夜こんやthis evening今にいまにbefore long今回こんかいthis time今後こんごfrom now on今日こんにちtoday今にもいまにもat any moment (now)今こんthe current ...今更いまさらnow (when it is already much too late)

Example sentences

今のアナウンスは何だったのですか。

What did the announcement just say?

Tatoeba #172752

その事故は去年の今日、起きたのだ。

The accident happened a year ago today.

Tatoeba #209845

今日は何をしたいですか。

What would you like to do today?

Tatoeba #232046

Kanji with the same radical

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