時 — si

Parts that make up 時

How 時 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 時 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 之.

Korean example words with 時

• 유시幼時 Korean gloss: 어릴 때
• 금시今時 Korean gloss: 바로 지금
• 소시少時 Korean gloss: 젊었을 때
• 적시適時 Korean gloss: 알맞은 때
• 차시次時 Korean gloss: 다음 시간
• 현시現時 Korean gloss: 지금 이때
• 생시生時 Korean gloss: 태어난 시간
• 시임時任 Korean gloss: 현재의 직임
• 시재時在 Korean gloss: 지금의 시간
• 시절時節 Korean gloss: 세상의 형편
• 반시半時 Korean gloss: 아주 짧은 시간
• 순시瞬時 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 시간

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 時

• 時間じかん time; hour; period
• 時期じき time; season; period
• 時代じだい period; epoch; era
• 当時とうじ at that time; in those days
• 同時どうじ same time; simultaneous; concurrent
• 一時いちじ one o'clock; once; at one time
• 時事じじ events of the day; current affairs
• 時半じはん half past (the hour)
• 臨時りんじ temporary; provisional; interim
• 時点じてん point in time; occasion
• 時とき time; hour; moment
• 適時てきじ timely; opportune

Characters sharing the phonetic 寺

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “시”

Other hanja with radical 日