時計

See also: 时计

Chinese
 
o'clock; time; when
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 
to calculate; to compute; to count
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

Orthographic borrowing 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
(ateji)		 けい
Grade: 2
(ateji)
irregular kan’on
Alternative spelling
土圭

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 This has been largely superseded by the spelling 時計 in modern writing, which uses the 時 character as ateji (当て字). Alternatively, the kanji spelling could be interpreted as jukujikun (熟字訓), using the meanings of the characters as 時 (“time”) + 計 (“measurement”).

Pronunciation

Noun

時(と)計(けい) • (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
Alternative spelling
時計り

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]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [to̞kʲiha̠ka̠ɾʲi]

Noun

時(とき)計(はかり) • (tokihakari) 

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

This reading is rare.

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
時計

Noun

時計 • (sigye) (hangeul 시계)

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