The kanji 時: meaning, readings and stroke order

時

Meaning: time, hour
On reading: ジ ji
Kun reading: とき toki
Strokes: 10
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giờ, lúc (thời)
Japanese: とき。じかん。
Korean: 때, 시간 (시)
Chinese: 时间、时候 (时)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading

時じ間かん
time, class period
音楽の 時じ間かんが大すきです。
I really love music class.

とき toki · kun reading

時とき
time, when
小さい 時ときの話を聞きました。
I heard stories from when I was little.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.