Character Details
| now | Ascii: — | w1075 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 现在 | xiànzài | tsian-zye | 4+4 | 问 ask + 题 topic → question / problem | 现在 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - Now not OK. | - As for me, I’m going to eat dinner now. | ||||||||||
| Strokes | |||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; time word | 现 (王 jade + 见 see) + 在 (earth + sprout) | ||||||||||
| A jade gem appears right before you — “right now.” | |||||||||||