時 – time, hour

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The kanji 時 means time, hour. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ (ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とき、-どき (toki, doki). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji
Kun’yomi	とき	toki
Kun’yomi	-どき	doki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 寸・土・日.

Words using 時

時じhour時ときtime時間じかんtime時々ときどきsometimes時計とけいclock時代じだいperiod時期じきtime時刻じこくtime一時いちじone o'clock当時とうじat that time同時どうじsame time時速じそくspeed (per hour)日時にちじdate and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.)臨時りんじtemporary時間割じかんわりtimetable (esp. a weekly school timetable)時間目じかんめperiod (e.g. class)時折ときおりsometimes時差じさtime difference時刻表じこくひょうtimetable

Example sentences

私は１０時ごろ寝ついた。

I went to sleep about 10 o'clock.

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１２才の時彼は声変わりした。

His voice broke when he was twelve.

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車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。

You cannot be too careful when you drive a car.

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Kanji with the same radical

日明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮晴

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.