Now

Reading: KON, KIN, ima

Strokes: 4

Etymology:

The top character literally means top, while the base character means to put into a corner / cover / hide.

Borrowed from this is the concept of sudden, which came to mean imminent and from thence, now.

Mnemonic: COVER THE CORNER, NOW!!

Combinations:

今週 (konshuu) this week

今度 (kondo) this time


(Based upon Henshall, 1998)