时
时 (shí) means “time”. It is made of 日 + 寸 and has 7 strokes, and is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
Break 时 into its parts
What 时 is made of
- 日 rì — sun; day
- 口 kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口 kǒu — mouth
- 寸 cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
时 stroke order
Example sentences
上课时不要玩手机。Shàng kè shí bù yào wán shǒujī.Don't play with your phone during class.
到时我给你打电话。Dào shí wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.I'll call you when the time comes.
Words with 时
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
- 随时suíshíat any time
- 同时tóngshíat the same time
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
- 这时候zhè shíhouat this time
- 及时jíshíin time
- 时代shídàiage
- 时刻shíkèmoment
- 按时ànshíon time
- 临时línshítemporary
- 学时xuéshíclass hour
- 准时zhǔnshíon time
- 暂时zànshífor now
- 时差shíchātime difference
- 时髦shímáofashionable
- 时期shíqīperiod
- 时尚shíshàngfashion
- 不时bùshífrom time to time
- 顿时dùnshíimmediately
- 时常shíchángoften
- 时而shí'érsometimes
- 时光shíguāngtime
- 时机shíjīopportunity
- 时事shíshìcurrent affairs
- 有时yǒushísometimes
- 时间表shíjiānbiǎotimetable
Also built with 日
- 冒màoto risk
- 旦dàndawn
- 旧jiùold
- 旨zhǐaim
- 早zǎoearly
- 旬xúnten-day period
- 旱hàndry
- 旷kuàngbroad
- 旺wàngto flourish
- 昂ángto rise
- 昆kūnelder brother
- 昌chāngsunlight
Quick facts
| Pinyin | shí |
|---|---|
| Meaning | time; when (…时); hour |
| Strokes | 7 |
| Radical | 日 (sun, #72) |
| Pattern | Left–right |
| HSK | HSK 2 (exam 2025) · HSK 3 (2021) |
Questions about 时
What does 时 mean?
时 (shí) means “time; when (…时); hour”.
How many strokes does 时 have?
时 has 7 strokes.
What is the radical of 时?
The radical of 时 is 日 (rì, “sun”), Kangxi radical number 72.
What parts make up 时?
时 is made of 日 (sun; day) and 寸 (inch).
Which HSK level is 时?
时 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Learn 时 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 53: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.