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時

Kanji 時: meaning "time, hour", readings, stroke order

The kanji 時 means "time, hour". On'yomi: ジ; kun'yomi: とき. JLPT N5 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
time, hour
On'yomi
ジ
Kun'yomi
とき
Strokes
10
Level
JLPT N5
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 時

  • 時間 じかん — Time / hour
  • 時計 とけい — Watch / clock
  • ~時 ~じ — ~ o'clock (time)
  • ~時間 ~じかん — ~ hours
  • ~時 ~とき — at the time of ~
  • 時々 ときどき — sometimes
  • 時代 じだい — age, period, epoch, era
  • 当時 とうじ — At that time
  • 一時 いちじ — Temporarily / for a time
  • 時期 じき — time, season, period
  • 時刻 じこく — time, hour
  • 同時 どうじ — simultaneous(ly), same time

Stroke order · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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