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今 — now; the present time; current

now; the present time; current; contemporary; this

Pinyin
jīn
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 今: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

今 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 今 in the HSK syllabus: 9

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 今年jīnniánthis yearHSK 1
  2. 今天jīntiāntoday; the present time; nowHSK 1
  3. 今后jīnhòuhereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now onHSK 4
  4. 今日jīnrìtodayHSK 5
  5. 如今rújīnnowadays; nowHSK 5
  6. 至今zhìjīnso far; to this day; until nowHSK 5
  7. 当今dāngjīnthe present time; His MajestyHSK 6
  8. 古今中外gǔjīn-zhōngwàiat all times and in all placesHSK 7–9
  9. 迄今qìjīnso far; to date; until nowHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.