今 · Zhang Zhi
今 (jīn, 1st tone) is, in Xu Shen, the present seized: 是時也。从亼从乁 — ‘this time; from 亼 (collect) and 乁 (reach),’ i.e., the now that is arrived at. The classics set it against the past: the Shijing (召南·摽有梅) ‘迨其今兮’ (hasten while it is now); the $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart