Memory phrase for the Kanji: 時

時

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Meaning time, hour

Pronunciation

JI
toki

Explanation

Left: day 日, right: temple 寺 (... made from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)

Mnemonic
 
A day in the temple passes like just one hour.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
寺 Temple
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 Vocabulary

時計 とけい  watch, clock
時刻表 じこくひょう   timetable, diagram, chart,schedule
時間 じかん  time
時差ぼけ じさぼけ  jetlag
時差 じさ  time difference
時代 じだい  period, epoch, era
昭和時代 しょうわじだい  Showa period (1926-1989)
時々 ときどき  sometimes
日時 にちじ  date and time

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