Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

16 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: time, hour

Kunyomi: とき -どき

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

間(じかん)   time

代(じだい)   era

間(いちじかん)   one hour

(いちじ)   one o'clock

(どうじ)   simultaneous(ly)

(とうじ)   in those days, then, at that time

(にちじ)   date and time

(とき)   time, occasion

々(ときどき)   sometimes

(ひるどき)   noon

Onyomi Examples

hour, o'clock, (specified) time, when ..., during ...

ジカ current value, price, market value

レイジ twelve o'clock, midnight, noon

ヘイジ peacetime, time of peace, ordinary times, normal times

Kunyomi Examples

とき time, hour, moment, occasion, case, chance, opportunity, season, the times, the age, the day, tense

ときおり sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time

切り替え きりかえとき time to switch over, response time

逢魔が おうまがとき twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)