Memory phrase for the character: 时

时

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Meaning

period, time, era, hour, season

Pronunciation

shí

Explanation

Left: sun/day 日, right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic


 
A day is divided by a skillful hand into: periods.

Radicals

日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".




 Vocabulary

有时 yǒu shí  sometimes; now and then
很多时 hěn duō shí  often
时常 shí cháng  often; frequently
平时 píng shí  ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
时刻 shí kè  moment, constantly; always
时针 shí zhēn  hand of a clock; hour hand
届时 jiè shí  when the time comes; at the scheduled time
时辰 shí chen  time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
时乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn  bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
风靡一时 fēng mǐ yī shí  fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
时髦 shí máo  in vogue; fashionable
 


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