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时 shí — “time; hour”

How to write and say the Chinese character 时 (shí), which means time; hour — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.

Stroke order笔顺

时 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

The sun 日 next to 寸 (a tiny measure) — the sun's journey measured out in little steps: time.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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