时 shí time
Made up of [日 rì sun; day radical 72, 寸 cùn unit of length; inch; thumb radical 41]Alternative traditional form of character: 時
Made with 7 strokes.
The 'sun' in a character often suggests 'time' and 'cun' as a unit of measurement suggests measurement of time
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Also uses 寸 cùn component: 得 dé (get) 对 duì (right) ; 封 fēng (to confer) ; 过 guò (past) ; 将 jiāng (will) ; 射 shè (to shoot) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 寺 sì (Buddhist temple)
Sounds same
十 shí (ten) ; 石 shí (rock) ; 实 shí (real) ; 饣 shí (food) ; 食 shí (eat)Different tone
狮 shī (lion) ; 师 shī ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 尸 shī (corpse) ; 诗 shī (poem) ; 施 shī (to grant) ; 史 shǐ (history) ; 始 shǐ (to begin) ; 矢 shǐ (arrow) ; 豕 shǐ (pig) ; 是 shì (is) ; 事 shì (matter) ; 市 shì (market) ; 世 shì (life) ; 礻 shì (spirit) ; 士 shì (bachelor) ; 氏 shì (clan name) ; 示 shì (to show) ; 室 shì (room)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
常将有日思无日,莫将无时想有时 cháng jiāng yǒu rì sī wú rì, mò jiāng wú shí xiǎng yǒu shí When rich, you have time to dream, but do not dream of riches when you are poor授人以鱼只解一时之急,授人以渔 则解一生之需 shòu rén yǐ yú zhǐ jiù yī shí zhī jí, shòu rén yǐ yú zé jiě yī shēng zhī xū It is important to learn a skill that will last for life
志不可慢时不可失 zhì bù kě màn shí bù kě shī Keep hold of your hopes and dreams, waste no time in achieving them