Chinese symbol for “nowadays”
如今
rú jīn
nowadays; now
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nowadays is 如今 (rú jīn), defined as: nowadays; now.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nowadays”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 现如今 (現如今) | xiàn rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 这年头 (這年頭) | zhè nián tou | (coll.) nowadays |
| 现今 (現今) | xiàn jīn | now; nowadays |
| 目今 | mù jīn | nowadays; at present |
| 晚世 | wǎn shì | nowadays |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 如今.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 如何 | rú hé | how; what way |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | like this; so; such |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 今日 | jīn rì | today |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nowadays”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.