Memory phrase for the Kanji: 時


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Meaning

time, hour

Pronunciation

JI
toki

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

A day in the temple passes like just one hour.

Radicals

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