时
時Shi2
#25 most
frequent character
surname Shi
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
时 has 日 sun as the meaning part, hinting at seasons, and 寸 stands for the old sound part 寺. It first meant 'the four seasons'. That grew to 'time period', 'double hour', and 'hour'.
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