今日
Chinese
today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now |
day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (今日) | 今 | 日 | |
simp. #(今日) | 今 | 日 |
Pronunciation
Noun
今日
Usage notes
今日 is considered formal in Standard Mandarin.
Synonyms
- (today):
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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今 | 日 |
きょう | |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
For pronunciation and definitions of 今日 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 今日, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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今 | 日 |
こん Grade: 2 |
にち Grade: 1 |
goon |
From Middle Chinese compound 今日 (MC kim nyit). Compare modern Taishanese reading gim1 ngit4.
The goon, so likely the original reading of the term as first borrowed from Middle Chinese.
Noun
今日 • (konnichi)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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今 | 日 |
こん Grade: 2 |
にち > ち Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | irregular |
/koɲɲit͡ɕi/ → /koɲt͡ɕi/
Shift from konnichi above. Used dialectally in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo since the Edo period.
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term | |
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今 | 日 |
こん Grade: 2 |
じつ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 今日 (MC kim nyit). Compare modern Cantonese reading gam1 jat6.
Change in reading from konnichi, keeping the earlier goon reading kon for 今, but substituting the later kan'on reading jitsu for 日.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑit͡sɨᵝ]
Related terms
時 (“Time”) | ||||||||
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~ | −3 | −2 | −1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | Continual | |
Day | 日 | 一昨昨日 | 一昨日 | 昨日 | 今日 | 明日 | 明後日 | 毎日 |
Morning | 朝 | — | 一昨朝 | 昨朝 | 今朝 | 明朝 | — | 毎朝 |
Night | 晩 | — | 一昨晩 | 昨晩 | 今晩 | 明晩 | — | 毎晩 |
Week | 週 | — | 先々週 | 先週 | 今週 | 来週 | 再来週 | 毎週 |
Month | 月 | — | 先々月 | 先月 | 今月 | 来月 | 再来月 | 毎月 |
Year | 年 | 一昨昨年 | 一昨年 | 去年 | 今年 | 来年 | 再来年 | 毎年 |
Coordinate terms
- 一昨昨日 (sakiototoi), 一昨昨日 (sakiototsui), 一昨昨日 (issakusakujitsu, “three days ago”)
- 一昨日 (ototoi, “the day before yesterday; two days ago”)
- 昨日 (kinō, “yesterday”)
- 明日 (ashita), 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”)
- 明後日 (asatte, “the day after tomorrow; two days from now”)
- 明々後日 (shiasatte): three days from now
- 弥の明後日 (yanoasatte): three days from now; (dialectal) four days from now
- 今朝 (kesa, “this morning”)
- 今晩 (konban, “this evening”)
- 今夜 (kon'ya, “tonight”)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Okinawan
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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今 | 日 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 1 |
Cognate with Japanese 今日 (kyō), and showing evidence of the affrication process common in Okinawan, causing the earlier /k-/ consonant to shift when followed by /i/ or /y-/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕuː/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiju/