Characters › 现
8 strokes · radical 见 (see) · traditional 現
11 strokes · simplified 现
A way to remember it
The jade radical beside 见, to see. Jade appearing under the polish is showing, and from showing came now: 现在.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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to appear; present
xiàn — to appear; present
Radical 见 (see) · 8 strokes · traditional 現
11 strokes · simplified 现
A way to remember itThe jade radical beside 见, to see. Jade appearing under the polish is showing, and from showing came now: 现在.