Character Details
| today | Ascii: — | w571 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 今天 | jīntiān | djeen-tee:en | 1+1 | 北 (north) + 京 (亠 cover + 口 mouth + 小 small) | 今天 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - Are you free tonight | - Excuse me, what is the date today? | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; time word | 今 (人 person + 一) + 天 (大 big + 一) | ||||||||||
| The present (今) day (天) — today. | |||||||||||