JLPT N5 · Telling time

一時間

いちじかん

one hour

Stroke order of 一時間

3 characters, 23 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

一 · 1 strokes 時 · 10 strokes 間 · 12 strokes

Memory trick

時 (sun 日 and temple 寺) and 間 (sun in a gate 門) form an hour span.

Parts: 一 one + 時 hour + 間 interval

The characters in 一時間

一いち — one (1 strokes)
時とき — time; when (10 strokes)
間あいだ — between; during (12 strokes)

Example sentence

一時間勉強します。

いちじかんべんきょうします。

I study for one hour.

Words with 一

一one 一つone (thing)一人one person; alone 一万ten thousand 一万円10,000 yen 一本one (long thing)一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 一階first floor 一番number one; best; most 一時one o'clock 一分one minute 一週間one week 一年one year

Words with 時

時間time; hours 一時one o'clock 四時four o'clock 七時seven o'clock 九時nine o'clock 何時what time 時time; when 時々sometimes 時計clock; watch 時代era; period 時刻表timetable 時期period; season 時刻time (of day)時点point in time 当時at that time 日時date and time 時差time difference 時間割timetable

Words with 間

時間time; hours 一週間one week 間between; during 間に合うto be in time 間違えるto make a mistake 間食snacking between meals 期間period; term 世間the world; society 瞬間moment 居間living room 時間割timetable 間違いmistake 仲間companion; fellow

More words: Telling time

一時one o'clock 四時four o'clock 七時seven o'clock 九時nine o'clock 何時what time 一分one minute 三分three minutes 五分five minutes 三十分thirty minutes 何分how many minutes 一週間one week 一年one year

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