Character Details
| hour | Ascii: — | w692 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | tsee:ow-sheuh | 3+2 | 将 (split + hand) + 要 (西 west + 女 woman) | 小时 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - It will take one hour | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; noun | 小 (small) + 时 (日 sun + 寸 hand) | ||||||||||
| Small (小) unit of time (时) — hour. | |||||||||||