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Kanji Detail for 時 - "time, hour, season"

時

  • Meaning

    時 means "time, hour, season."

    1. Time - The flow of moments; hours and days.

    2. Hour - A unit of time measurement.

    3. Season - The four divisions of the year.

    4. Occasion - A particular moment; an opportunity.

    5. Era - A period in history.

  • Words using 時

    • 一時 いちじ Listen one o'clock; once; at one time
    • 同時 どうじ Listen same time; simultaneous; concurrent
    • 当時 とうじ Listen at that time; in those days
    • 時事 じじ Listen events of the day; current affairs
    • 時代 じだい Listen period; epoch; era
    • 時半 じはん Listen half past (the hour)
    • 時期 じき Listen time; season; period
    • 時間 じかん Listen time; hour; period

  • Four-character idioms with 時

    • 四六時中 しろくじちゅう Listen around the clock; day and night
    • 時代錯誤 じだいさくご Listen anachronism
    • 時期尚早 じきしょうそう Listen premature
    • 黄金時代 おうごんじだい Listen golden age
    • 一日片時 いちにちへんじ Listen short time
    • 二六時中 にろくじちゅう Listen night and day; all the time

  • Origin of 時

    日, the sun, beside 寺 — originally "to go" with a measuring hand, lending the reading ji: the sun's going, measured. Time is the sun in motion with someone keeping score.

    How to remember it: The sun 日 pacing its route while a hand keeps measure — time.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 時

    • Verified meaning: time, hour, season
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, しん, たいむ, とき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 時

    Given names 時(あき)Listen 時(たいむ)Listen 時(とき)Listen

    Surnames 時(しん)Listen 時(ときさき)Listen 時(ときざき)Listen 時(ときすえ)Listen 時(ときむね)Listen 時(とざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    time; hour

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    time, season; era, age, period

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    time, season; period, era, age

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The four seasons. Spring, summer, autumn, winter are the four seasons. | Era, period. Such as 彼一時此一時 (that was then, this is now). | A day is divided into twelve hours (shi), matched with the twelve earthly branches. Now divided into twenty-four hours. | Often, frequently. Such as 時有不適 means "this often happens." | What is appropriate to the time is called 時. Such as 時務 (current affairs), 時宜 (what is fitting for the times). | Opportunity. Such as 乘時而起 (to rise with the opportunity).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ji(ジ) ジ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    doki(どき) どき

    toki(とき) とき

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    time hour season era occasion opportunity moment period clock duration when schedule

Sentences including 時

  • When do i get there?

  • Give me some time to think it over.

  • I've got time on my hands.

  • How many hours does it take to go to okinawa by plane?

  • Such things can happen from time to time.

  • I'll be back within an hour.

  • I think of watching tv as a waste of time.

  • He arrived in time.

  • I don't know where my watch is.

  • She looked terrible at that time.

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