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Chinese symbol for “clock”

时钟
shí zhōng
Traditional: 時鐘
clock

The closest CC-CEDICT match for clock is 时钟 (shí zhōng), defined as: clock.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

时 shí
time, season; period, era, age
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes
钟 zhōng
clock; bell
radical 167 ⾦ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “clock”

WordPinyinMeaning
钟表 (鐘錶)zhōng biǎoclock

Related words

Other words that share a character with 时钟.

WordPinyinMeaning
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
时候 (時候)shí houtime; length of time
同时 (同時)tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
当时 (當時)dāng shíthen; at that time
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase
分钟 (分鐘)fēn zhōngminute
秒钟 (秒鐘)miǎo zhōng(time) second
金钟 (金鐘)jīn zhōngAdmiralty, Hong Kong

See also: Japanese symbol for “clock”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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