shí

time

Simplified form of .

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

寸 simplified component

  Simplified component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Evolution

时 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
时 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
时 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
时 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
时 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shí

time, season; era, age, period; o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period

() 

Shí

surname Shi

() 

shí

old variant of |[shí]

Most common words with 时
Freq.
Word
Meaning

时候

time

time

时间

time

小时

hour

同时

at the same time

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 99.9519% of movies

49th most common character in movies

25th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+65F6


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