now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

= + : A rip off calendar showing today's date: 今

= + : Joan of Arc has changed into half-duck half-human being and lives in a tipi in front of the encampment. With her beak, she shows a rip off calender with the date of Armageddon: today.

今 character breakdown

variant of 集[ji2]

= + : This one looks like a pointed cap.

Joan of Arc (ji) is going to have her first day of school the next day. During the night she sneaked into the space station's kitchen (Ø2) and found a pointed cap (亼) filled with sweets, which she starts eating immediately.
archaic variant of 亼[ji2]
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system

= + : Looks like a tipi.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

This one looks like a beak.

Characters with 今 as component

wife of mother's brother
bright
character used in place names
(person)
a sash / to tie
old variant of 黔[Qian2]
(bird)
old variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips

Words with 今

hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
(coll.) today
from ancient times up to now / throughout history
things are not as good as they used to be
Imai (Japanese surname)
modern people
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
(coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day
under the circumstances / the matter having come to that point
as matters stand / things having reached this stage

Sentences with 今

qǐ
zòu
wàn
suì
 
 
ji̅n
yǒu
ya̅o
hóu
su̅n
wù
ko̅ng