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时光

shíguāng

time

An elder and child by an hourglass
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Characters in this word

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

光 guāng

Strokes
6
Radical
儿 — son, child
Made of
⺌ small 兀 weak
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 时光很快。 Shíguāng hěn kuài. Time passes quickly.
  • 珍惜时光。 Zhēnxī shíguāng. Treasure your time.
  • 那段时光难忘。 Nà duàn shíguāng nánwàng. That time is hard to forget.

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