時

Derived characters

 * 𠺮(𫪅), 塒(埘), 𡻄, 𭝿, 𪮛, 溡(𪶄), 榯, 𬌦(𬌠), 𤨅, 𥻵(𬖞), 𨃯, 𨫉, 鰣(鲥), 𪕵, 𪰰, 嵵, 蒔(莳), 𥱯, 𬰈

Glyph origin
.

In ancient scripts, it had the form, with as the phonetic instead.

Etymology
From + endopassive voicing + endoactive tone B (OC *-ʔ > expected MC ), literally “that which is proceeding”. The glottal stop was however lost, probably due to confusion with the pronoun sense.
 * "this"
 * A relatively unemphatic form of . Cognate with.

Definitions

 * 1) season
 * 2) time (a duration)
 * 3) time (the passing of time)
 * 4) times; years; era
 * 5) time; fixed time
 * 6) double-hour
 * 7) hour; o’clock mainly in formal writing
 * 8) opportunity; chance
 * 9) current; contemporary
 * 10) that time
 * 11) occasionally; from time to time
 * 12)  timely
 * 13)  beautiful; good
 * 14)  this
 * 15)  tense
 * 1) time; fixed time
 * 2) double-hour
 * 3) hour; o’clock mainly in formal writing
 * 4) opportunity; chance
 * 5) current; contemporary
 * 6) that time
 * 7) occasionally; from time to time
 * 8)  timely
 * 9)  beautiful; good
 * 10)  this
 * 11)  tense
 * 1) that time
 * 2) occasionally; from time to time
 * 3)  timely
 * 4)  beautiful; good
 * 5)  this
 * 6)  tense
 * 1)  timely
 * 2)  beautiful; good
 * 3)  this
 * 4)  tense
 * 1)  beautiful; good
 * 2)  this
 * 3)  tense
 * 1)  tense
 * 1)  tense

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
→ * →

From, from. First attested in the  of 712.

There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation.


 * Possibly a fusion of.
 * However, the sense of “unchanging” does not fit well with the sense of “the passing of time”. Separately, the phonetics of   →  appear to contraindicate a fusion of  +, which resulted in  →  as seen at.


 * Possibly derived from or otherwise related to, cognate with.
 * However, the historical spelling of toshi was to1(si), as in 那杼佐祁流斗米 (nado1 sake1ru to1 me2, "why do you have knife cutting eyes").


 * Possibly related to.

Noun

 * 1) time
 * 2) an event, case, occasion, moment; a specific period in time
 * 3) a time of something
 * 4)  the time during which a narrative takes place
 * 5) a season
 * 6) a tense
 * 1) a time of something
 * 2)  the time during which a narrative takes place
 * 3) a season
 * 4) a tense
 * 1) a season
 * 2) a tense
 * 1) a tense

Suffix

 * 1) time of..., time for...

Etymology 2
→

From.

Pronunciation

 * The pitch accent depends on the entire appended word.

Counter

 * 1) hour, o’clock

Suffix

 * 1) at the time of...

Affix

 * 1) time, moment
 * 2) at that time, chance, occasion
 * 3) hour, hourly

Etymology 3
Either a sound shift from, or cognate with,.


 * or:
 * or:



Noun

 * : to pass through the prime of life, grow old

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a time, moment (in time), occasion

Etymology 2
Sound shift from.

Noun

 * : to pass through the prime of life, grow old