Chinese Character 時 Meanings and components.

Form

時

Meaning

時 meaning[3] in English

Surname Shi.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with AGDI

How to write 時

To write時shi2surname Shi you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 寺si4Buddhist temple arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 寺 = 時

時 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

時
Pinyin:shi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
寺
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Temple . Mosque . Government Office (Old)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
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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