Dong Chinese dictionary

shí

time

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

Components

止 Sound component

zhǐ

(foot), stop

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 止 than it was in ancient scripts.

日 Meaning component

rì

sun

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shí

time, season; era, age, period

shí

old variant of 時|时[shí]

Most common words with 旹

Sources