暂时
zàn​shí HSK5

temporary

暂 zàn temporary Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暫.

Components

斩
斩 Sound component
zhǎn, zhàn chop
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

时 shí time Simplified

Simplified form of 時.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
寸
寸 Simplified component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Shorthand for the 寺 component in the traditional character 時.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

鲥莳埘

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

暫 zàn temporary Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound.

Components

斬
斬 Sound component
chop
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzamH[dz]ˤam-s suddenly

說文解字

《說文》：“暫，不久也。从日，斬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

時 shí time Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蒔鰣

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyi[d]ə
(~ *[d]əʔ)		time

說文解字

《說文》：“時，四時也。从日，寺聲。旹，古文時，从之、日。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)