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今

JLPT N5 SL2 4 strokes Frequency: #27

Meanings

now

Radicals

人

Decomposition

⿱人？

Etymology

Ideographic: A mouth 亼 talking about things

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 corner top-left-to-bottom-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コン kon

Used in compound words

キン kin

Alternative reading

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いま ima

Standalone

Words Using This Kanji

186 words total

Other (14 words)

今日明日きょうあす

today and tomorrow

今風いまふう

modern

今様歌いまよううた

verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables

impatiently

the present term

now and anciently

His Majesty the Emperor

this life

neophyte

sun god

a moment ago

this morning (at dawn)

今後こんご

from now on

今次こんじ

the present time

いま (6 words)

今にもいまにも

at any moment (now)

今やいまや

now (esp. in contrast to the past)

these days

a moment ago

at present

about this time

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