今朝

今朝

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) this morning

   我今朝食早餐嗰陣時食得太多喇，到而家都仲未肚餓。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我今朝食早餐嗰阵时食得太多喇，到而家都仲未肚饿。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gam¹ ziu¹ sik⁶ zou² caan¹ go² zan⁶ si⁴ sik⁶ dak¹ taai³ do¹ laa³, dou³ ji⁴ gaa¹ dou¹ zung⁶ mei⁶ tou⁵ ngo⁶.

   I ate too much for breakfast this morning, so I'm still not hungry yet.

   • 縶之維之，以永今朝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     絷之维之，以永今朝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhí zhī wéi zhī, yǐ yǒng jīncháo.

     Tether it by the foot, tie it by the collar, to prolong this morning.

   • 昨夜狂蝶花裏宿，今朝忽飛向誰怨？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Poem attributed to Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s

     Jagya gwangjeop hwa ri suk, geumjo hol bi hyang su won? [Sino-Korean]

     Last night, the crazed butterfly slept amid the flowers; this morning it fast flew away—to whom should you complain?

2. (literary or regional) today; now; at the present time

   今朝我會到學堂去。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   今朝我会到学堂去。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ¹cin-tsau₁ ⁶ngu ⁵ue ⁵tau ⁸ghoq-daon₆ ⁵chi [Wugniu]

   Today I will go to school.

   • 今朝有酒今朝醉，明日愁來明日愁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今朝有酒今朝醉，明日愁来明日愁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 833-909: Luo Yin (羅隱／罗隐), 自遣 (Self Consolation)

     Jīnzhāo yǒu jiǔ jīnzhāo zuì, míngrì chóu lái míngrì chóu.

     'If there is wine today, then today is the day to get drunk. Worry about tomorrow's worries when they come tomorrow.

   • 年年都有今日，歲歲都有今朝，恭喜你，恭喜你！ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     年年都有今日，岁岁都有今朝，恭喜你，恭喜你！ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 祝壽歌 (Birthday Song)

     nin⁴ nin⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ gam¹ jat⁶, seoi³ seoi³ dou¹ jau⁵ gam¹ ziu¹, gung¹ hei² nei⁵, gung¹ hei² nei⁵!

     You have lived year by year up to this day, so congratulations to you!

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 此 (ke, “this”) +‎ 朝 (asa, “morning”).

The initial /ke/ is an alternative form of the initial /ko/ (此, “this”) seen in words such as ここ (koko, “this place → here”) or これ (kore, “this → this”), and the final /sa/ is a contraction from */ke.asa/ to /kesa/ with the medial -a- falling out, as Old Japanese did not permit vowel clusters.

It is the same element found in 今日 (kepu→kyō, “today”).

The use of the kanji 今 (“now”) instead of 此 (“this”) is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

• (Tokyo) けさ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

今朝(けさ) • (kesa) 

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今朝(けさ) • (kesa) 

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/konteu/ → /kontjoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 今朝 (MC kim trjew, literally “now morning”). The /eu/ → /joː/ sound shift is a regular phonological change.

• (Tokyo) こんちょー (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

今(こん)朝(ちょう) • (konchō) ^{←こんてう (konteu)?}

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