Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
時 time, hour
- Meaning
- time, hour
- On reading
- ジ
- Kun reading
- とき
Memory hook
日 (sun) next to 寺 (temple). The sun over the temple, and temple bells are what told you the hour. ジ in compounds, とき on its own. 何時 nanji is 'what time'.
Words that use 時
時間
じかん
time, hour
何時
なんじ
what time
How to write 時
Stroke order · 10 strokes
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- 1. Vertical.
- 2. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 3 to 5. Horizontal.
- 6. Vertical.
- 7 to 8. Horizontal.
- 9. Vertical, ending in a hook.
- 10. A short dot.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
時 is taught on day 7 of the kanji course, alongside 年 分 半, with two writing passes and a short quiz.