Read Edit View history Discussion 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": [ [ [ 449, 849 ], [ 489, 791 ], [ 372, 583 ], [ 226, 411 ], [ 62, 287 ] ], [ [ 502, 733 ], [ 767, 437 ], [ 987, 389 ] ], [ [ 366, 438 ], [ 618, 467 ] ], [ [ 266, 263 ], [ 348, 252 ], [ 610, 317 ], [ 652, 288 ], [ 496, -45 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M507,740C514,753 526,769 535,778C556,803 529,821 508,836C487,850 437,874 440,833C448,691 239,433 76,310C39,283 52,273 90,290C313,392 467,673 493,716C502,732 502,732 507,740Z", "M493,716C565,614 646,509 738,397C752,381 773,371 800,371C890,371 949,372 978,376C1001,380 1000,391 975,401C852,450 769,485 732,518C661,579 587,654 507,740C500,747 487,723 493,716Z", "M382,450C355,447 351,438 371,425C398,408 414,406 457,415C502,426 528,430 577,439C598,444 608,447 615,451C636,467 607,483 580,489C559,494 543,489 490,473C447,461 423,456 382,450Z", "M294,278C234,275 262,251 282,238C322,212 343,217 382,232C469,267 532,287 569,289C615,292 610,271 597,240C585,214 544,116 497,63C475,40 467,14 475,-20C480,-46 488,-59 512,-42C535,-23 575,52 632,184C649,225 671,251 694,266C701,272 705,279 706,286C707,295 694,308 671,324C654,335 643,344 633,348C621,353 610,349 599,343C525,308 423,286 294,278Z" ] } 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.