shí

o'clock

surname Shi; time; when; hour; season; period

Sun (日) + measure (寸) = time passing

The sun (日) moves across the sky, and 寸 here acts primarily as a phonetic hint toward shí. Together they evoke the sun's passage as the original measure of time.

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A small unit of measurePhonetic
The sunSemantic

Words with 时

何时

hé shí

when

即时

jí shí

immediate

临时

lín shí

as the time draws near

临时保姆

lín shí bǎo mǔ

temporary caregiver; babysitter

临时分居

lín shí fēn jū

trial separation

临时工

lín shí gōng

temporary worker; temp

临时抱佛脚

lín shí bào fó jiǎo

(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

临时政府

lín shí zhèng fǔ

provisional government

临时演员

lín shí yǎn yuán

an extra (in a movie)

临时贷款

lín shí dài kuǎn

bridging loan

这时

zhè shí

at this time

运行时

yùn xíng shí

(computing) runtime

More characters with 日