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Mythic Mandarin

至今 (zhì jīn): meaning and stroke order

至今 (zhì jīn) means so far, to this day, until now.

至今

Simplified
至今
Traditional
至今 (same form)
Pinyin
zhì jīn

Stroke order of 至今

至

  • zhì to arrive; most
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

今

  • jīn now; the present time
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 至今

  1. zhì jīn
    • so far
    • to this day
    • until now

Radicals of the characters

至
Radical 至 (Kangxi radical 133) · 6 strokes · 𠫔 on top, 土 below
今
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

至今 in our stories

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  • 回来以后，他写下了一首词，就是流传至今的“定风波”。开头两句是：莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。

    huílai yǐhòu tā xiě xià le yì shǒu cí jiùshì liúchuán zhìjīn de Dìngfēngbō kāitóu liǎng jù shì mò tīng chuān lín dǎ yè shēng héfáng yín xiào qiě xú xíng

    When he got back he wrote a lyric, the "Calming the Waves" still known today. It begins: "Don't listen to the rain piercing the woods and beating the leaves; why not chant and whistle and walk on slowly?"

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 至今

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).