Where does “時” come from?

時 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

時 (Japanese): time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...

Definitions

  1. time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...

Ancestry of “時”, step by step

時 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 時

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
2Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion

via Middle Chinese 時

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese時—

Words derived from “時”

Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →