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U+6642, 時
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6642

[U+6641]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6643]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 72, +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日土木戈 (AGDI), four-corner 64041, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13890
  • Dae Jaweon: page 859, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1505, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6642
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djɯ): semantic (sun; day) + phonetic (OC *ljɯs). The phonetic component however represents a footprint pointing up, which could be linked to the concept of the movement of the sun and hence the passing of time.

In ancient scripts, it had the form , with (OC *tjɯ) as the phonetic instead (as well as a reference to the passing of time). The component was added later.

Etymology

"time", "duration"
From (OC *tjɯ, “to go; to proceed”) + endopassive voicing + endoactive tone B (OC * > expected MC 上聲), literally “that which is proceeding” (Schuessler, 2007). The glottal stop was however lost, probably due to confusion with the pronoun sense.
"this"
An unemphatic form of (OC *djeʔ, “this”) (Pulleybank, 1995). Cognate with (OC *tjɯ, “this; third-person pronoun”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. season
       shí   four seasons
       nóngshí   farming season
  2. time (a duration)
       shí   at that time
       píngshí   normally; usually
    上課不要手機 [MSC, trad.]
    上课不要手机 [MSC, simp.]
    Shàngkè shí bùyào wán shǒujī. [Pinyin]
    Do not use your phone when in class.
  3. time (the passing of time)
    沉寂沉寂   chénjì duōshí   to have remained silent for a long time
    不我待不我待   shíbùwǒdài   time waits not for us
  4. times; years; era
       shí   ancient times
    移世易移世易   shíyíshìyì   times have changed and so have things
  5. time; fixed time
       ànshí   on time; on schedule
  6. double-hour
       shí   the hours of the rat (11:00pm to 1:00am)
  7. hour; o’clock (mainly in formal writing)
    Synonym:  / (diǎn)
    一刻一刻   shí yīkè   a quarter past eight o'clock
  8. opportunity; chance
  9. current; contemporary
       shíshì   current affairs
       shí   current political situation
  10. that time
  11. occasionally; from time to time
       shí kuài shí màn   sometimes fast, sometimes slow; in a variable speed
    發生发生   shí yǒu fāshēng   to occur from time to time
  12. (Weitou Cantonese) or
  13. (literary) timely
  14. (obsolete) beautiful; good
  15. (obsolete) this
  16. (grammar) tense
    過去过去   guòqùshí   past tense
  17. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (ji)
  • Korean: 시(時) (si)
  • Vietnamese: thời (), thì ()

Others:

Notes

  1. Disputed.

References

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