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時
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时
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time/hour

HSK 10 N4
Communication →Language
shí
ジ
とき、-どき
시
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (時)
日 day+ 寺 Buddhist temple =
時 time/hour
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
寺 Phonetic component
sì Buddhist temple
court, office
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Simplified (时)
日 day+ 寸 Chinese inch =
时 time
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
寸 Simplified component
cùn Chinese inch
inch
Shorthand for the 寺 component in the traditional character 時.
Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
時
Regular
Modern
Chinese
时 / 時 [Shí]
surname Shi
时 / 時 [shí]
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
Japanese
時 、 刻 、 秋 とき 同音

noun

  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
  2. occasion; case
  3. chance; opportunity; season
  4. the times; the age; the day
  5. grammar tense
時 じ 同音

suffix

  1. hour; o'clock
  2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...
時 どき 同音

n-suf

  1. time for ...; time to ... (after noun or -masu stem of verb)
  2. good time to ...; opportunity to ...
  3. season
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
１２才の時彼は声変わりした。
His voice broke when he was twelve.
車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。
You cannot be too careful when you drive a car.
私は１０時ごろ寝ついた。
I went to sleep about 10 o'clock.
新車時３００万円した車も今では３０万円位だそうですから、もう少し乗ろうと思います。
Cars that, when new, cost 3,000,000 yen are apparently now worth 300,000, so I think I'll use mine a little longer.
Japanese Names
時 あき
Aki female given name
時 しん
Shin unclassified name
時 たいむ
Taimu female given name
時 とき
Toki female given name
時 ときさき
Tokisaki surname
時 ときざき
Tokizaki surname
時 ときすえ
Tokisue unclassified name
時 ときむね
Tokimune unclassified name
時 とざき
Tozaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
时候 [shí​hou] #82
time
时间 [shí​jiān] #140
time
小时 [xiǎo​shí] #302
hour
同时 [tóng​shí] #966
at the same time
当时 [dāng​shí] #483
then
时代 [Shí​dài] #1,730
Time, US weekly news magazine
那时 [nà​shí] #891
then
有时 [yǒu​shí] #1,133
sometimes
时尚 [shí​shàng] #2,220
fashion
有时候 [yǒu​shí​hou] #1,189
sometimes
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 時 [とき] #135
time
⭐ 時間 [じかん] #152
time
その時 [そのとき] #739
at that time
⭐ 同時に [どうじに] #790
at the same time
⭐ 時代 [じだい] #822
period
⭐ 当時 [とうじ] #1,129
at that time
⭐ 時には [ときには] #1,220
at times
⭐ 時期 [じき] #1,236
time
⭐ いつの間にか [いつのまにか] #1,605
before one knows
⭐ 時点 [じてん] #1,794
point in time
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KOREAN WORDS (70)
시간 #249
time
잠시 #705
moment; short while
당시 #3,017
then; at that time
시계 #3,578
clock
시속 #5,300
speed per hour
임시 #6,651
being provisional; being tentative; being interim
시절 #7,300
days; the time
시각 #15,050
time; hour
일시적 #21,524
being momentary; being temporary
시한 #22,594
deadline; time limit
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