今


Moroccan Lamb Tagine
Originally uploaded by Sunshine Hanan



Take off the lid
Originally uploaded by houze
Now

今(いま) - now
ima

今日(きょう)- today, this day
kyou

今(コン)日(ニチ) - nowadays, these days, today
kon'nichi

今

今 represents A (a lid) and - (an object) , and it indicates to quickly put a lid on an object like A . Imagine you try to hold the passing time by putting a lid on it, for now.

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Radical: 人
Stroke Count: 4
音: コン・キン
訓: いま
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