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時

shí

time

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

寺 sound component

寺  Sound component

sì

  

temple

Evolution

時 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
時 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

时 (時) 

shí

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

时 (時) 

Shí

surname Shi

Most common words with 時
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 2 characters (0 verified)

鰣 蒔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ə (~ *[d]əʔ)

dzyi

shí

time


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 99.9519% of movies

49th most common character in movies

25th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

时

Unicode

U+6642

Shuowen

“時，四時也。从日，寺聲。旹，古文時，从之、日。”


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