shí

time; when; o'clock

Character data

Radical ⽇ (72.6)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

時 shí
  1. 1. time
  2. 2. when
  3. 3. o'clock
  4. 4. hour
  5. 5. period
  6. 6. season
  7. 7. surname Shi
  8. 8. old variant of shí

Stroke order

時 stroke order diagram

Words containing 時

Word Meaning
circumstances; current situation; current trend
Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
time zone
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
varying; sometimes big, sometimes small
sometimes good, sometimes bad
appropriate to the occasion; timely; at the right moment
to write in fits and starts
fashionable; fashion; fad
current political situation
time difference; jet lag; time lag
often; frequently
time course; timing (of a signal or sequence)
contemporary problems; ills of the day
fashionable style; (linguistics) tense
(verb) tense
timestamp
current politics; political situation of the time
effectiveness for a given period of time
intermittent; on and off; stopping and starting
time; long period of time; time and date
time is limited (idiom)
constantly; often
at all times
one keeps hearing that...; heard from time to time