今天

jīntiān

today

Type: NounsHSK 1
Character origin

今 (current, this) + 天 (day). Literally 'this day' — the day at hand.

Did you know?

Days of the week are formed with 星期 + a number (Monday = 星期一). Sunday is 星期天 or 星期日. Today is 今天, yesterday 昨天, tomorrow 明天.

Radicals it's made of
rénperson
one
one
big
Example sentence

今天天气不错。

Jīntiān tiānqì búcuò.

The weather is nice today.

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