Chinese Character 今 Meanings and components.

Form

今

Meaning

今 meaning[3] in English

Now.

The Present Time.

Current.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 今 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 集[ji2] (亼) , and (㇇)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OIN

How to write 今

To write今jin1now you should write a combination of 亼ji2variant of … , ㇇㇇ arranged in a 吕 shape:

亼 + ㇇ = 今

今 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 今 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 今, looks as follow:

今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
㇇
Pinyin:㇇

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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