Memory phrase for the character: 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, sun	The radical nichi* stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.*
寺	Temple

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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