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

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 This has been largely superseded by the jukujikun (熟字訓) spelling 時計 in modern writing.

Alternative forms

  • 土圭 (historical)

Pronunciation

Noun

時計 (hiragana とけい, rōmaji tokei)

  1. a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper
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 (toki, “time”) +‎ 計り (hakari, “measuring”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 計る (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. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 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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