现

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to appear; present; now; existing; current

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To see 见 jade 王; 见 also provides the pronunciation

Components 王见

present · Heisig RSH #269

ball + 见 see

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
现在	xiàn zài	now; at present; currently
手头现金	shǒu tóu xiàn jīn	cash in hand
工业现代化	gōng yè xiàn dài huà	modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
后现代主义	hòu xiàn dài zhǔ yì	postmodernism
发现物	fā xiàn wù	a find
现金流转	xiàn jīn liú zhuǎn	cash flow
现金流量	xiàn jīn liú liàng	cash flow
现金流	xiàn jīn liú	cash flow
现金流转表	xiàn jīn liú zhuǎn biǎo	cash flow statement
现金流量表	xiàn jīn liú liàng biǎo	cash flow statement
现场报道	xiàn chǎng bào dào	on-the-spot report
现实主义	xiàn shí zhǔ yì	realism
国防现代化	guó fáng xiàn dài huà	modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
现代人	xiàn dài rén	modern man; Homo sapiens
神气活现	shén qì huó xiàn	arrogant appearance; smug appearance; to act condescending; to put on airs
现场会	xiàn chǎng huì	on-the-spot meeting
现代性	xiàn dài xìng	modernity
现身说法	xiàn shēn shuō fǎ	to talk from one's personal experience; to use oneself as an example
现代化	xiàn dài huà	modernization; CL:個\|个[ge4]
现代音乐	xiàn dài yīn yuè	modern music; contemporary music