Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

49 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: now

Kunyomi: いま

Onyomi: コン キン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひとやね

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

月(こんげつ)   this month

週(こんしゅう)   this week

晩(こんばん)   tonight

後(こんご)   from now on

回(こんかい)   this time

度(こんど)   this time, next time

上(きんじょう)   current emperor

(いま)   now

風(いまふう)   modern style

*年(ことし)   this year

*日(きょう)   today

Onyomi Examples

コン the current ..., this, today's ...

コンカ this summer, next summer, last summer

トウコン nowadays, these days, at present

ホウコン present time, now, nowadays

キンコ now and anciently

キンジョウ His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor

Kunyomi Examples

いま now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, another, more

いまに before long, even now

なかいま the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity)

いまがいま just now