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時

Time
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingジ
Kun readingとき
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2Level 7

Meanings

  1. timeRtK
    彼は勉学に使わぬ時間は無駄にしたように考えた。He looked upon any time not spent in study as so much lost time.tatoeba
    執筆期間・執筆時期Time and period of writingwiki
  2. hour
  1. moment
  2. occasion
  3. case

Homonyms

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Same reading (じ)
字 · character (esp. kanji)痔 · hemorrhoids

Popular Usage

時間時々時計時代一時時期時刻時速時間割何時何時か何時も

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · Buddhist temple · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 171

Compound words

時間じかん
time; hour; period; class; lesson
時計とけい
clock; watch; timepiece
時々ときどき
sometimes; occasionally; at times; from time to time; now and then
時代じだい
period; epoch; era; age; the times
時期じき
time; season; period; phase; stage
時刻じこく
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
一時いちじ
one o'clock; once; at one time; formerly; before
時速じそく
speed (per hour)
時間割じかんわり
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
四時よじ
four o'clock
三時半さんじはん
3:30
時機尚早じきしょうそう
premature
何時なんじ
what time; which hour
何時もいつも
always; all the time; at all times; never; usual
何時でもいつでも
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
今時いまどき
these days; nowadays; today; present age; modern times
三時さんじ
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
４時よじ
four o'clock
時雨しぐれ
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
時価じか
current value; price; market value
時宜じぎ
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
時給じきゅう
hourly pay; hourly wage
時局じきょく
situation; state of things; current affairs
時限じげん
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit

On Reading Examples

彼は必ず８時のバスに乗ることにしている。じ
He makes a point of taking the eight o'clock bus.tatoeba
彼は必ず３時にここに来る。じ
He never fails to come here at three.tatoeba
彼は時間に正確なことが自慢だった。じかん
He was proud of his punctuality.tatoeba
彼は二時頃来た。じ
He came at about two o'clock.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は彼女が入ってきたとき２時間読書をしていた。とき
He had been reading for two hours when she came in.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は報酬として金の時計をもらった。
He was given a gold watch as a reward.tatoeba
彼は父親からもらった時計をなくしてしまった。
He has lost the watch given by his father.tatoeba
彼は不愉快な話を２時間もした。
He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.tatoeba
時代劇の撮影も時々行われる。
Samurai dramas are sometimes shot here.wiki
それ以来模写のため、時々出仕。
Since then, he sometimes appeared at the museum for the purpose of duplicating.wiki
創業は江戸時代。
Established in the Edo periodwiki
南北朝時代創建。
Established in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan)wiki
入隊時期は不明。
It is unknown as to when Higuma joined the Shinsengumi.wiki
公式には4月11日同時刻。
Officially, her date of death is April 11 at the same time.wiki
勅答の儀の時刻につき吉良が嘘を教えた。
Kira told a lie about the time of the ceremony of Emperor's reply.wiki
最高速度 時速80キロメートル毎時
Speed limit: 80 km/hwiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Time. 日 (sun) + 寺 (temple) — temples rang out the hours by the sun.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 時

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step