時計

See also: 时计

Chinese
 
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 
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

From Japanese 時計 (tokei) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

時計

  1. (literary) clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Derived terms

Japanese
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		 けい
Grade: 2
Irregular kan’on

From Middle Chinese 土圭 (tʰuoX 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 This has been largely superseded by the ateji (当て字) spelling 時計 in modern writing.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

時計 (hiragana とけい, rōmaji 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

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]

Alternative forms
  • 時計り

Pronunciation

Noun

時計 (hiragana ときはかり, rōmaji tokihakari)

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

This reading is rare.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
時計

Noun

時計 • (sigye) (hangeul 시계)

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