時

shí = sh + Ø2

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

时 = 寸 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.

The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

時 character breakdown

時
- 寺
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 寸
    - 一
    - 丶
    - 亅
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

sì = s + Ø4

Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

寺 = 土 + 寸 : Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 時 as component

shí = sh + Ø2

see 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]

shì = sh + Ø4

to grow / to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2]

shí = sh + Ø2

shad / Ilisha elongata

shí = sh + Ø2

hen roost

Words with 時

long time

daylight saving time

daylight saving time

to give the correct time

the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order

the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]

class hour / period

Hershey's (brand)

11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

credit hour (in an academic credit system) / see also 學分制|学分制[xue2 fen1 zhi4]

Study Times, journal of the Central Party School 中央黨校|中央党校[Zhong1 yang1 Dang3 xiao4]

punctual

ampere-hour (Ah)

variant of 轟動一時|轰动一时[hong1 dong4 yi1 shi2]

(idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation

reign (of a king, emperor etc)

,

lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home

Epoch Times, US newspaper

the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war

Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history

Sentences with 時

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