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学时

xuéshí

class hour

A student studying beside an hourglass
Memory picture

Characters in this word

学 xué

Strokes
8
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

时 shí

Strokes
7
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 寸 inch
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 时

Example phrases

  • 这课三学时。 Zhè kè sān xuéshí. This course is three class hours.
  • 学时还不够。 Xuéshí hái bù gòu. The class hours are still not enough.
  • 每周两学时。 Měi zhōu liǎng xuéshí. There are two class hours each week.

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