旹
shí HSK3

time

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時

Variant form of 時. Phonosemantic compound. 止 represents the sound, and 日 represents the meaning.

Components

止
止 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 止 than it was in ancient scripts.
日
日 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“時，四時也。从日，寺聲。旹，古文時，从之、日。”

Sources

Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)