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7 strokes · radical 日 · HSK 1 · traditional 時
10 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 时
A way to remember it
The sun beside 寸, a measure. Measured sun is time; the traditional 時 says the same with more strokes.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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time
shí — time
Radical 日 · 7 strokes · HSK 1 · traditional 時
10 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 时
A way to remember itThe sun beside 寸, a measure. Measured sun is time; the traditional 時 says the same with more strokes.