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秒

second (1/60 minute)
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingビョウ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. second (1/60 minute)
  2. secondRtK
  1. second (unit of time)
  2. arc second

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · few

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 965

Compound words

秒速びょうそく
speed per second; velocity per second; instant; moment; a few seconds
秒読みびょうよみ
countdown
１秒いちびょう
one second
一秒いちびょう
one second
閏秒うるうびょう
leap second
数秒すうびょう
a few seconds
寸秒すんびょう
a moment
秒針びょうしん
second hand (of clock)
分秒ふんびょう
moment
毎秒まいびょう
every second
秒時計びょうどけい
stop watch

Additional Examples

彼は数秒待ち、それからドアを開けた。
He waited for several seconds and opened the door.tatoeba
彼は１秒のほんの何分の１かでそれをした。
He did it in only a fraction of a second.tatoeba
彼は１００ｍを１１秒フラットで走った。
He ran 100 meters in 11 seconds flat.tatoeba
陣痛が約４５秒続きます。
My contractions last about forty-five seconds.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 秒

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