Chinese Character Wiki
时

shí

time

Simplified form of 時.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

寸 simplified component

寸  Simplified component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Shorthand for the 寺 component in the traditional character 時.

Evolution

时 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
时 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
时 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
时 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
时 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

时 (時) 

shí

time, season; era, age, period; o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period

时 (時) 

Shí

surname Shi

时 (旹) 

shí

old variant of 時|时[shí]

Most common words with 时
Freq.
Word
Meaning

时候

time

时

time

时间

time

小时

hour

同时

at the same time

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

鲥 莳 埘

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 99.9519% of movies

49th most common character in movies

25th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

時

Unicode

U+65F6


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