时

shí

time, season; period, era, age

Radical: 日 HSK 3 g, t pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

时 decomposes into the following components:

日 寸

Semantic component: 日.

Words containing 时

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 时.

一时
yī shí
a period of time
不时
bù shí
from time to time
丑时
chǒu shí
1-3 am
中时
zhōng shí
临时
lín shí
at the instant sth happens
为时
wéi shí
timewise
亥时
hài shí
9-11 pm
何时
hé shí
when
儿时
ér shí
入时
rù shí
fashionable
共时
gòng shí
准时
zhǔn shí
on time

Related characters (radical 日)

Characters that share the radical 日.

㬎 日 旦 旧 旨 早 旬 旭 旮 旯 旰 旱 旲 旷 旺 昀 昂 昃 昆 昇 昉 昊 昌 明

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