漢字城 Kanji Fortress

時 time

Also: hour

On'yomi
ジ
Kun'yomi
とき
Strokes
10
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
時 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

The sun (日) crawls across the sky above the temple (寺), and the monks ring the bell each hour — sun plus temple tells the time.

A common word

  • 時間 じかん time

Example sentences

  • いま、なんじですか。

    What time is it now?

  • こどものとき、よくここであそびました。

    When I was a child, I often played here.

Kanji that share a part

日 is its radical. 78 kanji share it in all.

寺 is a component.