Chinese

Noun

時計

1. (literary) clock; timepiece; timekeeper

Japanese

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 土圭, which is a sundial used in the Zhou Dynasty(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

• 土圭
• 斗計
• 斗鶏
• 斗影
• 辰器

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) とけい [tòkéé] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ke̞ː]

Noun

時計 ‎(hiragana とけい, romaji tokei, alternative reading ときはかり, romaji tokihakari)

1. clock, watch, timepiece, timekeeper

Derived terms

• 腕 (うで)時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(udedokei, “watch”)
• 置 (お)き時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(okidokei, “desk clock”)
• 掛 (か)け時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(kakedokei, “wall clock”)
• 絡 (から)繰 (く)り時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(karakuridokei, “automaton clock”)
• 原 (げん)子 (し)時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(genshidokei, “atomic clock”)
• 鳩 (はと)時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(hatodokei, “cuckoo clock”)
• 目 (め)覚 (ざ)まし時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(mezamashidokei, “alarm clock”)
• 砂 (すな)時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(sunadokei)
• 体 (たい)内 (ない)時 (ど)計 (けい) ‎(tainaidokei)

Descendants

• Chinese: 時計／时计
• Korean: 시계 (sigye)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

時計 • ‎(sigye) ‎(hangeul 시계)

1. Hanja form^? of 시계, “timepiece”.