Chinese Character 时 Meanings and components.

Form

时

Meaning

时 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 時|时[Shi2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 时 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with ADI

How to write 时

To write时shi2old variant … you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 寸 = 时

时 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 时 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 时, looks as follow:

时
Pinyin:shi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 時|时[Shi2]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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