時計

See also: 时计

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (時計)		時	計
simp. (时计)		时	计
anagram		計時／计时

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 時計 (tokei) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjì
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chi⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjih
    • Palladius: шицзи (šiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ gai³
    • Yale: sìh gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kɐi̯³³/

Noun

時計

1. (literary) clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Derived terms

• 時計果／时计果 (shíjìguǒ)

Japanese

時計 (tokei, tokihakari): a clock.

時計 (tokei, tokihakari): a pocket watch.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
時	計
とき > と Grade: 2 (ateji)	けい Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular	kan’on

Alternative spelling
土圭

From Middle Chinese 土圭 (tʰuo^X kwei, literally “earth, clay + stack of clay tablets”, a kind of sundial used in the Zhou Dynasty).

The 土圭 spelling is the original form, with the kan'on reading of tokei. This has been largely superseded by the spelling 時計 in modern writing, which uses the 時 character as ateji (当て字). Alternatively, the kanji spelling could be interpreted as jukujikun (熟字訓), using the meanings of the characters as 時 (“time”) + 計 (“measurement”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) とけー [tòkéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ke̞ː]

Noun

時(と)計(けい) • (tokei) 

1. a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 腕(うで)時(ど)計(けい) (udedokei): a wristwatch
• 置(お)き時(ど)計(けい) (okidokei): a desk clock
• 掛(か)け時(ど)計(けい) (kakedokei): a wall clock
• 絡(から)繰(く)り時(ど)計(けい) (karakuridokei): an automaton clock
• 原(げん)子(し)時(ど)計(けい) (genshidokei): an atomic clock
• 時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り (tokeimawari): clockwise
• 鳩(はと)時(ど)計(けい) (hatodokei): a cuckoo clock
• 反(はん)時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り (hantokeimawari): counterclockwise
• 振(ふ)り子(こ)時(ど)計(けい) (furikodokei): a pendulum clock
• 目(め)覚(ざ)まし時(ど)計(けい) (mezamashidokei): an alarm clock
• 砂(すな)時(ど)計(けい) (sunadokei): a sand clock, an hourglass
• 体(たい)内(ない)時(ど)計(けい) (tainaidokei): a body clock, a biological clock

Descendants

• Chinese: 時計／时计 (shíjì)
• Korean: 시계 (sigye)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
時	計
とき Grade: 2	はか(り) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
時計り

Compound of 時(とき) (toki, “time”) + 計(はか)り (hakari, “measuring”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 計(はか)る (hakaru, “to measure”).).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [to̞kʲiha̠ka̠ɾʲi]

Noun

時(とき)計(はかり) • (tokihakari) 

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper

Usage notes

This reading is rare.

Korean

Hanja in this term
時	計

Noun

時計 • (sigye) (hangeul 시계)

1. Hanja form^? of 시계 (“timepiece”).