JLPT N5 · Telling time

何時

なんじ

what time

Stroke order of 何時

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

何 · 7 strokes 時 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

何 asks what, and 時 has a sun 日 by a temple 寺: what hour?

Parts: 何 what + 時 o'clock

The characters in 何時

何なに — what (7 strokes)
時とき — time; when (10 strokes)

Example sentence

今、何時ですか。

いま、なんじですか。

What time is it now?

Words with 何

何人how many people 何what 何歳how old 何分how many minutes 何日what day; how many days 何曜日what day of the week 何度もmany times

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 一時間one hour 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

More words: Telling time

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

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