The kanji 今: meaning, readings and stroke order

今

Meaning: now
On reading: コン kon、キン kin
Kun reading: いま ima
Strokes: 4
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bây giờ (kim)
Japanese: いま。
Korean: 지금 (금)
Chinese: 现在

Readings, words and example sentences

コン kon · on reading

今こん回かい
this time
今こん回かいは上手にできました。
This time I did it well.

キン kin · on reading · less common

今きん日じつ
today (formal)
今きん日じつ中にお知らせします。
I will let you know by the end of today.

いま ima · kun reading

今いま
now
今いま 何時ですか。
What time is it now?

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.