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今 jīn — “now, this”
How to write and say the Chinese character 今 (jīn), which means now, this — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.
Pinyin · 拼音 jīn
Meaning · 意思 now, this
Strokes · 笔画 4
Radical · 部首 人 (person)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
今 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: a mouth 亼 talking about things.
A common word常用词
今年
this year
Example sentence例句
今天我们学了五个字。
We learned five characters today.
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