Character Details
| when | Ascii: — | w1072 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 什么时候 | shénme shíhou | sheuhn-meh-sheuh-hoh | 2+5+2+5 | 商 commerce + 店 shop → store | 什么时候 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - When would you like to eat? | - When are you free? | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; question | 什么 what + 时候 time → when | ||||||||||
| A person and a tiny question spirit ask, “What time?” | |||||||||||