Kanji 時: "time, hour"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 時

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 時ときtime; hour; moment · occasion; case
• 時じ間かんtime · hour
• 何時いつもalways; all the time; at all times · never
• 何時いつwhen; at what time; how soon · normal times; ordinary days
• その時ときà ce moment-là, alors, à cette occasion
• 同どう時じにen même temps, simultanément · au moment même où, juste après
• 時じ代だいperiod; epoch; era; age · the times; those days
• 何時いつかsometime; someday; one day; some time or other
• 時ときにau fait, à propos · parfois, à l'occasion
• 時じhour; o'clock · (specified) time; when ...; during ...
• 当とう時じat that time; in those days
• 何時いつまでもforever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes

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