時計

See also: 时计

Chinese

	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (時計)	時	計
simp. (时计)	时	计
anagram	計時／计时

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 時計 (tokei) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíjì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjì
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chi⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjih
  - Palladius: шицзи (šiczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    實際／实际
    時計／时计
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ gai³
  - Yale: sìh gai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ gei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kɐi̯³³/

Noun

時計

(literary) clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Derived terms

時計果／时计果 (shíjìguǒ)

Japanese

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Wikipedia

時計 (*tokei*, *tokihakari*): a pocket **watch**.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
時	計
とき > と Grade: 2 (ateji)	けい Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular	kan'on

Alternative spelling
土圭

From Middle Chinese 土圭 (tʰuo^X kwei, literally “earth, clay + stack of clay tablets”, a kind of sundial used in the Zhou Dynasty).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The 土圭 spelling is the original form, with the kan'on reading of tokei. This has been largely superseded by the spelling 時計 in modern writing, which uses the 時 character as ateji (当て字). Alternatively, the kanji spelling could be interpreted as jukujikun (熟字訓), using the meanings of the characters as 時 (“time”) + 計 (“measurement”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とけー [tòkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[4]^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ke̞ː]

Noun

時(と)計(けい) • (tokei)

a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper

Derived terms

腕(うで)時(ど)計(けい) (udedokei): a wristwatch
置(お)き時(ど)計(けい) (okidokei): a desk clock
掛(か)け時(ど)計(けい) (kakedokei): a wall clock
絡(から)繰(く)り時(ど)計(けい) (karakuridokei): an automaton clock
原(げん)子(し)時(ど)計(けい) (genshidokei): an atomic clock
時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り (tokeimawari): clockwise
鳩(はと)時(ど)計(けい) (hatodokei): a cuckoo clock
反(はん)時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り (hantokeimawari): counterclockwise
振(ふ)り子(こ)時(ど)計(けい) (furikodokei): a pendulum clock
目(め)覚(ざ)まし時(ど)計(けい) (mezamashidokei): an alarm clock
砂(すな)時(ど)計(けい) (sunadokei): a sand clock, an hourglass
体(たい)内(ない)時(ど)計(けい) (tainaidokei): a body clock, a biological clock

Descendants

Chinese: 時計／时计 (shíjì)
Korean: 시계 (sigye)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
時	計
とき Grade: 2	はか(り) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
時計り

Compound of 時(とき) (toki, “time”) + 計(はか)り (hakari, “measuring”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 計(はか)る (hakaru, “to measure”).).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞kʲiha̠ka̠ɾʲi]

Noun

時(とき)計(はかり) • (tokihakari)

(rare, possibly obsolete) a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper

Usage notes

This reading is rare.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
時	計

Noun

時計 • (sigye) (hangeul 시계)

hanja form^? of 시계 (“timepiece”)

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-4] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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