Read Edit View history 今 jīn HSK1 now Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a closed mouth. Upside-down 曰. The meaning "now" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas jīn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 今 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 452, 839 ], [ 486, 794 ], [ 460, 726 ], [ 379, 591 ], [ 299, 488 ], [ 231, 418 ], [ 125, 328 ], [ 60, 287 ] ], [ [ 510, 730 ], [ 510, 716 ], [ 604, 604 ], [ 698, 500 ], [ 779, 428 ], [ 811, 417 ], [ 987, 386 ] ], [ [ 437, 506 ], [ 512, 445 ], [ 527, 420 ] ], [ [ 272, 266 ], [ 333, 249 ], [ 591, 313 ], [ 619, 313 ], [ 642, 296 ], [ 649, 286 ], [ 644, 269 ], [ 552, 81 ], [ 512, 20 ], [ 496, -33 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 508 740 Q 514 761 535 778 Q 544 785 542 797 Q 541 809 525 822 Q 489 855 447 851 Q 437 848 440 833 Q 458 721 277 501 Q 142 366 53 290 Q 43 283 56 281 Q 134 291 288 438 Q 381 537 493 716 L 508 740 Z", "M 493 716 Q 601 562 738 397 Q 760 370 800 371 Q 935 370 978 376 Q 990 379 993 385 Q 993 392 975 401 Q 792 470 732 518 Q 629 611 508 740 C 487 762 476 741 493 716 Z", "M 441 473 Q 484 415 520 396 Q 536 392 547 405 Q 554 418 553 436 Q 541 488 459 512 L 458 513 Q 440 520 430 516 Q 423 515 425 502 Q 426 489 441 473 Z", "M 294 278 Q 260 279 261 271 Q 254 253 282 238 Q 312 214 330 216 Q 351 216 382 232 Q 581 310 605 279 Q 612 263 597 240 Q 585 222 560 165 Q 515 77 497 63 Q 463 30 475 -20 Q 478 -42 488 -48 Q 498 -54 512 -42 Q 548 -15 632 184 Q 659 244 694 266 Q 704 275 706 286 Q 707 299 671 324 Q 634 348 617 350 Q 608 349 599 343 Q 488 292 294 278 Z" ] } 4 strokes 今 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 447, 843 ], [ 489, 786 ], [ 385, 597 ], [ 228, 414 ], [ 59, 286 ] ], [ [ 507, 734 ], [ 763, 440 ], [ 985, 385 ] ], [ [ 368, 440 ], [ 617, 461 ] ], [ [ 266, 268 ], [ 336, 249 ], [ 609, 316 ], [ 655, 284 ], [ 489, -43 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M507,740C514,753 520,767 535,778C540,783 543,789 542,797C541,805 535,814 525,822C500,845 474,855 447,851C440,851 439,845 440,833C445,756 403,643 277,501C192,406 112,341 53,290C46,285 47,281 56,281C108,286 187,338 288,438C352,502 422,595 493,716C502,732 502,732 507,740Z", "M493,716C565,614 646,508 738,397C752,380 773,371 800,371C890,371 949,372 978,376C986,378 992,381 993,385C994,390 986,397 975,401C852,449 770,485 732,518C662,579 587,654 507,740C500,747 487,723 493,716Z", "M382,450C355,447 352,438 371,425C399,408 414,406 457,415C502,426 528,430 577,439C598,444 611,447 615,451C621,457 623,464 620,469C614,478 600,485 580,489C560,494 543,489 490,473C447,461 423,456 382,450Z", "M294,278C271,277 262,277 261,271C258,259 264,250 282,238C303,224 317,216 330,216C344,217 360,224 382,232C513,286 590,301 605,279C611,270 607,256 597,240C589,228 578,203 560,165C531,106 508,74 497,63C473,42 468,14 475,-20C478,-34 481,-44 488,-48C494,-52 502,-49 512,-42C535,-23 575,52 632,184C649,225 671,251 694,266C701,272 705,279 706,286C707,295 695,308 671,324C646,341 628,350 617,350C611,351 605,347 599,343C525,309 423,286 294,278Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.