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

= + : 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

Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

= + : 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.
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : 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

see 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]
to grow / to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2]
shad / Ilisha elongata
hen roost

Words with 時

on time / before deadline / on schedule
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
to snatch time / to rush / to hurry (up) / to seize the moment
to (try to) find the time to
to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
to stall / to play for time
to broadcast a time signal
timely / occasional

Sentences with 時

時 currently does not appear in any sentence.