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

  • Meaning

    時 means "time, hour, moment."

    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.

  • 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).
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Sentences including

  • 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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