Character Details
| time/the time | Ascii: — | w1073 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 时间 | shíjiān | sheuh-djee:en | 2+1 | 什么 what + 时候 time → when | 时间 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - What time? | - We don't have enough time | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; noun | 时 (sun + temple) + 间 (door + sun) | ||||||||||
| A sun trapped inside a doorway — time passing through a frame. | |||||||||||