Zi:時

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

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    HDZ: 時 : shí : (SW: ​時) ​, ​; (​) ​ (​; ​, ​); ​, ​; ​ (​, ​) (​, ​, ​); ​ (​, ​); ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​ (時​, ​, ​, ​); (​) ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) ​時, ​, ​; (​) ​, ​ (​, ​; ​, ​; ​); (​) ​; (​) ​; ​; ​ (sī): ​; ​: ​, ​; (​); (​)
    HDC: ​時 : ​; ​; ​、​、​、​; (​)
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​:) The simple-form character ​ shí ‘time’ (7 strokes) is an old abbrev. of the full-form character 時 (10 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​ (6 strokes) with its lower part ​ (3 strokes).
    The full-form character 時, 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 時(​􁈒) 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 時(​􁈒) shí ‘four seasons; quarter-year’ (​), involves a pun on ​(​􂤐) sì ‘four’; cf. ​ sìshí ‘four seasons; quarter-year; quarter day (⑴ dawn/morning, ⑵ noon/day, ⑶ evening/dusk, ⑷ night/midnight’) (HDC).
    Compare: 時(​􁈒) 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 時 formerly combined ​ and ​, not ​ and ​ (and so the common component ​ would be an abbrev. of 時); in the simple form ​, 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 ​ itself is an old form, but not very old; HDZ cites old sources incorrectly assoc. the form ​ directly with the old form ​𣅱(​􁈓), ignoring the fact that ​ does not occur in the old graphs.
    Older graphs associated with 時/​ 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: ​ : ​𣅱/時: ​, ​𣅱 (cf. ​/​/​𡺞), (​) (​) 時
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR961z; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1505.5; Mathews:5780; Guǎngyùn:059.18; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:494.22; EDOC:1
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