時 means “time”

とき · toki

Also: hour

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジ

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 2 · 10 strokes

The story

At the temple, sun marks the hour. Monks have measured time by sunlight on stone for a thousand years.

Used to tell time: 一時 (ichiji, 1 o'clock), 時間 (jikan, time/hour)

More from Seasons & Time

• 週 week
• 朝 morning
• 新 new
• 暗 dark
• 夕 evening
• 今 now
• 冬 winter
• 古 old
• 早 early
• 先 ahead
• 夜 night
• 長 long

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.