Hanja Analyzer
今

今 — geum

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이제 금
Romanization
geum
English
now, today, modern era
Mandarin
jīn
Japanese on'yomi
コン, キン
Japanese kun'yomi
いま
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#49 of 2,500
Strokes
4
Radical
人 (9, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+4ECA

Korean example words with 今

  • 금야今夜 Korean gloss: 오늘 밤
  • 금월今月 Korean gloss: 이번 달
  • 금시今時 Korean gloss: 바로 지금
  • 금주今週 Korean gloss: 이번 주일
  • 금하今夏 Korean gloss: 올해 여름
  • 현금現今 Korean gloss: 바로 지금
  • 금래今來 Korean gloss: 지금에 이름
  • 금세今世 Korean gloss: 지금의 세상
  • 금인今人 Korean gloss: 지금 세상의 사람
  • 목금目今 Korean gloss: 눈앞에 닥친 현재
  • 금명今明 Korean gloss: 오늘이나 내일 사이
  • 금자今者 Korean gloss: ‘요사이’를 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 今

  • 今回こんかい this time; now
  • 今月こんげつ this month
  • 今後こんご from now on; hereafter
  • 今年ことし this year
  • 今度こんど this time; now; next time
  • 今日きょう today; this day; these days
  • 今季こんき this season
  • 今春こんしゅん this spring; spring this year
  • 今年度こんねんど this year; this fiscal year; this school year
  • 今週こんしゅう this week
  • 今やいまや now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present
  • 今秋こんしゅう this autumn; this fall; autumn of this year

Characters sharing the phonetic 今

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “금”

Other hanja with radical 人

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