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)		今	日
simp. #(今日)		今	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gam¹ jat⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gim¹ ngit⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'jin¹ nyit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ngit
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing¹ zeng¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kim-ji̍t / kim-li̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ rig⁸ / gim¹ rêg⁸

• Xiang (Wiktionary): jin¹ r⁶ / jin¹ nyi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīnrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinryh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: gām yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yed⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gim¹ ngit⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kim³³ ᵑgit̚²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'jin¹ nyit⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ɕin⁴² n̠ʲit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ngit
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ ngid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ngid⁵
    • IPA: /kim²⁴ ɲit̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing¹ zeng¹
    • IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹ t͡sə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kim-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimjit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑit̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kim-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimlit
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ rig⁸ / gim¹ rêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim ji̍k / kim je̍k
    • IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ d͡zik̚⁴/, /kim³³⁻²³ d͡zek̚⁴/

Note: gim1 rêg8 - Jieyang.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jin¹ r⁶ / jin¹ nyi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin³³ ʐ̩²⁴/, /t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi²⁴/

Note:

• jin1 r6 - vernacular;
• jin1 nyi6 - literary.

Noun

今日

1. today; now
2. nowadays

Derived terms

• 今日三，明日四
• 今日事，今日畢／今日事，今日毕 (jīnrì shì, jīnrì bì)
• 既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū)

• 早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)
• 早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今日):

• → Japanese: 今日 (こんにち) (konnichi); 今日 (こんじつ) (konjitsu)
• → Korean: 금일 (今日, geumil)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
今	日
Grade: 2	ふ > う Grade: 1
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 今日 – see the following entry at きょう.

きょう【今日】 [noun]today [proper noun]a female given name

(This term, 今日, is a kanji spelling of きょう.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
今	日
こん Grade: 2	にち Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 今日 (MC kˠiɪm ȵiɪt̚). Compare modern Taishanese reading gim¹ ngit⁴.

The goon, so likely the original reading of the term as first borrowed from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) こ​んにち [kóꜜǹnìchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

今日 (hiragana こんにち, rōmaji konnichi)

1. today, this day

   Synonym: 本日 (honjitsu)

2. nowadays

   Synonyms: 此の頃 (konogoro), 現在 (genzai), 現代 (gendai)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 今 (こん)日 (にっ)た (konnitta)
• 今日 (こんにち)は (konnichi wa, “good day”)
• 今日 (こんにち)庵 (あん) (Konnichi-an)
• 今日 (こんにち)様 (さま) (konnichi-sama, “the sun”, poetic honorific)
• 今日 (こんにち)主 (しゅ)義 (ぎ) (konnichi shugi)
• 今日 (こんにち)性 (せい) (konnichi-sei)
• 今日 (こんにち)只今 (ただいま), 今日 (こんにち)唯今 (ただいま) (konnichi tadaima)
• 今日 (こんにち)的 (てき) (konnichi-teki, “modern, current”)
• 今 (こん)明 (みょう)日 (にち) (konmyōnichi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
今	日
こん Grade: 2	にち > ち Grade: 1
on’yomi

/koɲɲit͡ɕi/ → /koɲt͡ɕi/

Shift from konnichi above. Used dialectally in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo since the Edo period.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) こ​んち [kóꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

今日 (hiragana こんち, rōmaji konchi)

1. Same as こんにち above

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
今	日
こん Grade: 2	じつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 今日 (MC kˠiɪm ȵiɪt̚). 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

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

今日 (hiragana こんじつ, rōmaji konjitsu)

1. today, this day
2. nowadays

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms

• 一昨昨日 (さきおととい) (sakiototoi), 一昨昨日 (さきおとつい) (sakiototsui), 一昨昨日 (いっさくさくじつ) (issakusakujitsu, “three days ago”)
• 一昨日 (おととい) (ototoi, “the day before yesterday; two days ago”)
• 昨 (き)日 (のう) (kinō, “yesterday”)
• 明日 (あした) (ashita), 明 (あ)日 (す) (asu, “tomorrow”)
• 明 (あ)後 (さっ)日 (て) (asatte, “the day after tomorrow; two days from now”)
• 明 (し)々 (あ)後 (さっ)日 (て) (shiasatte): three days from now
• 弥 (や)の明 (あ)後 (さっ)日 (て) (yanoasatte): three days from now; (dialectal) four days from now
• 今 (け)朝 (さ) (kesa, “this morning”)
• 今 (こん)晩 (ばん) (konban, “this evening”)
• 今 (こん)夜 (や) (kon'ya, “tonight”)

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 今日 (kyō).

Noun

今日 (hiragana ちゅー, romaji chū)

1. today