Zi:时

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(F​) [shí] time (时​, 时​); ​时 hour; ​时 timely; 时​ era; 时​ age/generation; 时​ situation/trend; 时​ opportunity

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The simple-form character 时 shí ‘time’ (7 strokes) is an old abbrev. of the full-form character ​ (10 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​ (6 strokes) with its lower part ​ (3 strokes).
    The full-form character ​, with ​ ‘sun/day’, and ​ sì (phonetic), reflects reanalysis of older forms such as ​ (for older ​𣥜), later augmented with ​ cùn ‘measure/take the pulse’.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​ shí ‘the four seasons; quarter-year/season/time-period’ combines ​(​𡆠) rì ‘sun/day’ (time), and ​ sì ‘court official’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​, with ​(​𡳿) zhī ‘go out/forth’ (phonosemantic).
    Note: The paronomastic SW gloss ​ shí ‘four seasons; quarter-year’ (​时), involves a pun on ​ sì ‘four’; cf. ​时 sìshí ‘four seasons; quarter-year; quarter day (⑴ dawn/morning, ⑵ noon/day, ⑶ evening/dusk, ⑷ night/midnight’) (HDC).
    Compare: ​ shí ‘time’ ← MC /ʑji/; ​(​𠃢) sì ‘four’ ← MC /sieis/; ​ rì ‘sun/day’ ← MC /ȵiet/ (SBGY).
    Note: The old SW form ​ suggests that the full form ​ formerly combined ​ and ​, not ​ and ​ (and so the common component ​ would be an abbrev. of ​); in the simple form 时, the full-form component ​ is abbrev. to its lower part ​ (cùn ‘measure/take the pulse’), reflecting a subsequent phase of abbrev.; the simple-form character 时 itself is an old form, but not very old; HDZ cites old sources incorrectly assoc. the form 时 directly with the old form ​𣅱(​), ignoring the fact that ​ does not occur in the old graphs.
    Older graphs associated with ​/​ are wr. ​𣥜, with the top part ​ zhǐ ‘foot; stand/stop’ (beat the foot, keep time), not ​(​𡳿) ‘go out/forth’; ​/​ are not clearly distinct in old graphs.
    Compare: ​ shì ‘be’; ​(​𣊨) chūn ‘springtime’.
    HDZ: 时 : ​𣅱/​: 时, ​𣅱 (cf. ​/​/​𡺞), (​) (​) ​
►references: Wieger:79b; Henshall:135; Karlgren:AD811; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1487.2; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:048.0.03; Wáng(1993):194; EDOC:0
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