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今天

jīntiān

today

today
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Characters in this word

今 jīn

Strokes
4
Radical
人 — man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 今

天 tiān

Strokes
4
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 今天天气很好。 Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo. The weather is great today.
  • 今天我休息。 Jīntiān wǒ xiūxi. I'm resting today.
  • 今天星期一。 Jīntiān xīngqīyī. Today is Monday.

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