今日

Chinese

 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (今日)
simp. #(今日)

Pronunciation


Note: gam1 mat6 - from assimilation.
Note:
  • gim1 rig8 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
  • ging1 rig8 - Chaozhou;
  • gim1 rêg8 - Jieyang.
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: jin1 r6 / jin1 nyi6
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin³³ ʐ̩²⁴/, /t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi²⁴/
Note:
  • jin1 r6 - vernacular;
  • jin1 nyi6 - literary.

Noun

今日

  1. (formal or dialectal) today
    今日行山 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    gam1 jat6 ngo5 heoi3 zo2 haang4 saan1. [Jyutping]
    I went hiking today.
  2. (formal or dialectal) nowadays; the present time

Usage notes

今日 is considered formal in Standard Mandarin.

Synonyms

  • (today):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今日):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 2 Grade: 1
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 今日 – see the following entry.
きょう
[noun] today
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, 今日, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

  • The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 今日 (jīnrì).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
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.

Pronunciation

Noun

(こん)(にち) • (konnichi) 

  1. today, this day
    Synonym: 本日 (honjitsu)
  2. nowadays
    Synonyms: 此の頃 (konogoro), 現在 (genzai), 現代 (gendai)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
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.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んち [kóꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

(こん)() • (konchi) 

  1. Same as こんにち above

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
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 , but substituting the later kan'on reading jitsu for .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(こん)(じつ) • (konjitsu) 

  1. today, this day
  2. nowadays
(Time)
~-3−2−10+1+2Continual
Day 一昨昨日一昨日昨日今日明日明後日毎日
Morning 一昨朝昨朝今朝明朝毎朝
Night 一昨晩昨晩今晩明晩毎晩
Week 先々週先週今週来週再来週毎週
Month 先々月先月今月来月再来月毎月
Year 一昨昨年一昨年去年今年来年再来年毎年

Coordinate terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

今日 • (geumil) (hangeul 금일)

  1. Hanja form? of 금일 (today).

Okinawan

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 1

Cognate with Japanese 今日(きょう) (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/

Noun

今日(ちゅー) (chū) 

  1. today

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 1

Cognate with Japanese 今日(きょう) (kyō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiju/

Noun

今日(きゆ) (kiyu) 

  1. (literary) today

References

  • ちゅー【今日】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  • チュー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
  • キユ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
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