時計

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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

Noun

時計

  1. (literary) clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Derived terms

Japanese

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時計 (tokei, tokihakari): a clock.
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 (tʰuoX kwei, literally “earth, clay + stack of clay tablets”, a kind of sundial used in the Zhou Dynasty).

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 This has been largely superseded by the spelling 時計 in modern writing, which uses the 時 character as ateji (当て字).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

Noun

時(と)計(けい) • (tokei) 

  1. a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants

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”).).

Pronunciation

Noun

時(とき)計(はかり) • (tokihakari) 

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper
Usage notes

This reading is rare.

References

  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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
時計

Noun

時計 • (sigye) (hangeul 시계)

  1. Hanja form? of 시계 (“timepiece”).
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