# 時 — Time

Frequency rank 19 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 手 (Hand), less common than 行 (Go).

- On’yomi: じ
- Kun’yomi: とき
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 10

In a temple courtyard, a monk watches the Sun drag a shadow across the wall.

In words:

- 時々 ときどき — sometimes
- 時計 とけい — watch,clock
- 時間 じかん — time

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